Remember, evoke something from the past.

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-05-12 09:57:03 GMT)
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visszaemlékezni, visszaidézni
Itt a bonny persze egyszerűen jót, kellemeset jelent, pozitív dolgot.
Bocs, először nem figyeltem, hogy az angol- magyar oldalon vagyok.

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Note added at 4 hrs 42 mins (2005-05-12 14:18:56 GMT)
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Közben kiderült, hogy az eredeti szövege ennek a régi, hagyományos skót balladának így kezdődik:

Buchan, it\'s bonny and there lives my love...

A Buchan nevet, ami Skóciának Aberdeen és tőle északra eső félsziget jellegű területének a neve, úgy látszik, Loreena McKennit ír énekesnő helyettesítette a \"Harking\" szóra, (és következményeként az \"it\'s\"-ből \"is\" lett), valószínűleg azért, mert ír lévén nem akarta a skót környék nevével kezdeni a dalt, amely az ő és Mary Black (szintén ír) lemezein lett különösen népszerű. A zenéjét ennek a verziónak Nic Jones írta, aki angol.

Egy korai megjelenése a balladának:
James Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884

LORD SALTOUN.
The Lords of Saltoun were the Frasers of Philorth, members of the large Fraser clan whose family seat is in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire at Cairnbulg Castle. Interestingly, the castle, which dates from the 15th century, sold by the 10th Lord of Saltoun in 1666 and by the 19th century it was in ruins. Restored in 1896, it was bought back by the 19th Lord Saltoun in 1915.
Lakhelyük: Cairnbulg Castle

The Saltouns took no part in the Jacobite risings. The 16th Lord Saltoun commanded the Light Companies of the First Guards in the Orchard at Hougoumont on the morning of the Battle of Waterloo.
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It is a Lord Saltoun who is rejected by young Jeannie in the famous Scots ballad “Annachie Gordon.” She loves Annachie and adamently refuses to wed another, despite her father’s pressure:

\"Down came her father and he\'s standing on the floor
Saying, Jeannie, you\'re trying the tricks of a whore
You care nothing for a man who cares so very much for thee
You must marry with Lord Saltoun and leave young Annachie
For Annachie Gordon, he\'s only but a man
And although he may be pretty, but where are all his lands
Saltoun\'s lands are broad and his towers they stand high
You must marry with Lord Saltoun and forget young Annachie
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The wedding goes on as planned despite Jeannie’s wishes, and predictably ends with Jeannie’s death:
***
The day that Jeannie married was the day that Jeannie died
That\'s the day that young Annachie came rolling home from the tide
And down came her maidens and they\'re wringing of their hands
Saying, woe to you Annachie, for staying from the sands


Konklúzió: az eredetit könnyebb megérteni, mert \"Buchan, it\'s bonny\" pontosan azt jelenti, hogy szép hely.
Az ír átköltést nem lehet másként, mint érzéssel magyarázni, ahogy már megpróbáltam.

Két adalék, post festa:

Az első egy (fantasztikus?) helynév, a másik egy további adat a titokzatos helynévre (tényleg, hogyan tűnt el íly nyomtalanul?).

Zephilia is bonny and there lived my love
Until she started travelling alone on the road
Alone on the road, first with Naga, then with me
And I'll never leave the side of my own Lina sweet
For Lina Inverse might be skinny but she's bright
Though her breast may not be ample, still she's fair to behold
She's fair to behold, and adept at sorcery
And I'll never leave the side of my own Lina sweet.
www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=540638

My man Shuttleworth, of Harking, made this form and here will I sit when I come; and any cousin Nowell may make one behind me, if he please, and my son Sherburne shall make one on the other side; and Mr. Catteral another behind him; and for the residue the use shall be, first come first speed; and that will make the proud wives of Whalley rise betimes to come to church."
www.gutenberg.org/dirs/ 1/5/6/4/15641/15641-h/15641-h.htm