My Tocher's The Jewel

jig

Key signature: Aminor

Submitted on July 10th 2004 by jakki S.

This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Also known as Bundle And Go, The High Way To Edinburgh, The Highway To Edinburgh, Lord Elcho's Favourite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bruach An TSuláin by The Abbey Céilí Band
• Cóisir: House Party by Máire O'Keeffe
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 9 by Matt Cunningham
• Fidil by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh And Aidan O'Donnell
• Legacy Of The Scottish Fiddle Vol. 2 by Alasdair Fraser, Muriel Johnstone And Natalie Haas
• Memoire Celte by Broken String
• Sharon Shannon by Sharon Shannon
• Spellbound by Sharon Shannon
• Stay Another While by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Frankie Lane
• The Pleasures Of Hope by Harry Bradley And Michael Clarkson
• Traditional Music On The Hammer Dulcimer by John Rea

X: 1
T: My Tocher's The Jewel
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amin
|:e|cAA A2G|Acd eag|edc e2d|cGG G2e|
cAA A2G|Acd eag|ega ged|cAA A2:|
|:g|gag gec|deg a2a|ged BdB|AGG G2e|
ABA ABA|Acd eag|ega ged|cAA A2:|

What's a tocher?

I remember learning this tune many years ago form a book of Jim Kerr's collected tunes my father owned. Anyone know what a tocher is?

# Posted on July 10th 2004 by jakki S

Tocher = dowry

In the Scots language a tocher means "dowry".

Cf. Robert Burns' song: A Lass Wi A Tocher, which is translated into English as: A Girl with a Dowry.

# Posted on July 10th 2004 by heike

"My Tocher's the Jewel" = "My Dowry is the Jewel" ~ Robert Burns

http://www.worldburnsclub.com/
http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/my_tochers_the_jewel.htm

My Tocher's The Jewel

O, meikle thinks my luve o' my beauty,
And meikle thinks my luve o' my kin;
But little thinks my luve I ken brawlie
My tocher's the jewel has charms for him.
It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree,
It's a' for the hiney he'll cherish the bee!
My laddie's sae meikle in luve wi' the siller,
He canna hae luve to spare for me!

Your proffer o' luve's an airle-penny,
My tocher's the bargain ye wad buy;
But an ye be crafty, I am cunnin,
Sae ye wi' anither your fortune may try.
Ye're like to the timmer o' yon rotten wood,
Ye're like to the bark o' yon rotten tree:
Ye'll slip frae me like a knotless thread,
An' ye'll crack ye're credit wi' mair nor me!

# Posted on December 3rd 2005 by ceolachan

"Kerr's Third Collections of Merry Melodies"

James Kerr
Page 31: "My Tocher's the Jewel"

# Posted on December 3rd 2005 by ceolachan

"My Tocher's the Jewel" / "The High Way to Edinburgh" ~ e minor

Duplication ~ but a different key
Submitted on March 16th 2005 by John J.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4317

# Posted on December 3rd 2005 by ceolachan