YV6001
The muckle man
Treble unison chorus & piano
performance time approx 0m 40s
Range: c' – e''♭
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This piece is the first in the set
Three Soutar songs
The next piece is
The princess Anastasia
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The muckle man individually using the link on this page.
This is a short and playful piece about a muckle (big) man who creates havoc in a graveyard. A mischievous chromatic melody jumps about – like the muckle man – over a thumping piano accompaniment.
Glossary and pronunciation guide included.
Words
There was a muckle man [
muckle ~ big]
Wi' a muckle black beard [
wi' ~ with]
Wha rade a muckle horse [
wha ~ who]
Through a muckle kirk-yaird: [
kirk-yaird ~ churchyard / graveyard]
Hallachin and yallachin [
hallachin ~ acting noisily; yallachin ~ shouting]
He rattl'd on the stanes: [
stanes ~ stones]
Hallachin and yallachin
He birl'd abune the banes: [
birl'd ~ whirled; abune ~ about; banes ~ bones]
Up and doun and up and doun [
doun ~ down]
Wi' muckle steer and stour, [
steer ~ stir, disturbance; stour ~ dust]
Wallopin a muckle whup [
wallopin ~ thrashing; whup ~ whip]
Owre and owre and owre. [
owre ~ over]
William Soutar
Reproduced with permission from the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, who hold William Soutar's copyright.
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