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 HEY DONAL' HO DONAL'
Written and sung by Mary Brooksbank

 Mary Brooksbank

As I cam ower Strathmartine mains
Oh wha dae ye think I seen
But a braw young piper laddie come
A-limkin’ ower the green 

   Singin’ hey Donal ho Donal
Dirrum a doo a day

He played a reel an’ he played a jig
An’ he played a sweet strathspey
He roosed ma hert till its best kept time
Tae the tappin’ o’ ma tae

Oh I’ve nae gowd tae offer ye
For I’ve gaithered little gear
But we’ll hae love an’ freedom
Gin ye’ll hae love an’ freedom
Gin ye’ll follow me my dear

Now there’s gowd in the the broom o’ the Sidlaw Hills
Honey frae the heather sweet
There’s a speckled trout in the purlin’ tarn
A velvet carpet ‘neath oor feet

Syne he blew up his chanter
An’ sic a spring he plays
That I chose love an’ freedom
Now and wander a’ my days

   Singin’ hey Donal ho Donal
   Dirrum a doo a day

Flagnote:  Mary Brooksbank (1897-1978) was an Aberdeen-born jute mill worker from Dundee. She is said to have written this song to celebrate the free life of the Travelling People and itinerant workers in Scotland, in whose lives traditional Scots music and song played a large part. I was fortunate to obtain a copy of her poetry ‘Sidlaw Breezes’ in a charity shop in St Andrews – a great buy!