Carolina Nairne - The Lass O'Gowrie - Manchester, UK - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com

Manchester was one of the world's first industrial cities and was famous as a large manufacturer of cotton goods.

The pub was originally built near an area of cotton mills, but many of these have now been demolished.

The poem is written in Scottish Dialect about a lord who courts a girl who agrees to marry him and move to Gowrie. It is believed the original landlord of the pub was Scottish and this was his favourite song.

"Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (16 August 1766 – 26 October 1845) – also known as Carolina Baroness Nairn in the peerage of Scotland and Baroness Keith in that of the United Kingdom – was a Scottish songwriter. Many of her songs, such as, "Will ye no' come back again?", "Charlie is my Darling" , "The Rowan Tree" and "Wi' a Hundred Pipers' remain popular today, almost two hundred years after they were written. One of her songs, "Caller Herrin'", was sung at the 2021 commemoration of the 1881 Eyemouth disaster. She usually set her words to traditional Scottish folk melodies, but sometimes contributed her own music." link

LASS O'GOWRIE

Twas on a summer's afternoon, A wee afore the sun gaed down, A lassie
wi'a braw New gaun cam'owre the hills to Gowrie. The rosebud washed
in simmers shower, Bloomed fresh within the sunny bower; But Kitty
was the fairest flower, That e'er was seen in Gowrie - To see her cousin
she cam 'there; And oh! The scene was passing fair, For what in Scotland
can compare. Wi' the Carse 0 'Gowrie ? The sun was setting on the Tay,
The blue hills melting into gray, The Mavis and the blackbirds lay, were
sweetly heard in Gowrie - O lang the lassie I had wooed, And truth and
constancy had vowed, But could nae speed wi'her I lo'ed, Until she saw
fair Gowrie. I pointed to my fither's ha yon bonnie bield ayont the shaw.
Sae loun that there nae blast could blaw:- Wad she no bide in Gowrie? -
Her faither was baith glad and wae; Her mither she wad naething say;
The bairnless thocht they wad get play, If Kitty gaed to Gowrie. She
whiles did smile, she whiles did greet; The blush and tear were on her
cheek; She naething said, and hung her head, But now she's
Leddie Gowrie

Carolina Nairne (1766-1845)

Address: The Lass O'Gowrie 36 Charles Street Manchester M1 7DB United Kingdom Website: Not listed

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