Walking downstream along the west side (left bank going downstream)
has one wee problem where the Milltown Burn enters the Deveron.
It's easier to cross that tributary by the road first, then go along the riverbank.
When you get to the Kingsford bridge you can either carry on along the road, 2 miles to the Grouse Inn
OR go by the path on the east side of the river for 2 miles, and cross the wee bridge at the Grouse Inn
back up to the main road.
And here's a song to sing as you walk today
Aldivalloch is next-door to Aldunie.
It's an old song, made up about 1730 (maybe)
(chorus)
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch,
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch,
Wat ye how she cheated me,
As we came through the Glack o' Balloch?
She vow'd she swore she would be mine,
She said she lo'ed me best o' ony;
But O the fickle faithless quine,
She's gone to the carle an' left her Johnnie.
Roy's wife, &c.
O she was a canty quine,
Well could she dance the Highland walloch;
Oh what bliss, had she been mine,
Or had I been Roy of Aldivalloch.
Roy's wife, &c.
Her skin so fair, her e'en so clear,
Her wee bit mouth so sweet and bonnie;
To me she ever will be dear,
Though she's for ever left her Johnnie.
Roy's wife, &c.
But Roy is older thrice than I
Maybe his days will no' be mony
When he's dead and in his grave
She may turn again to Johnnie
Roy's wife, &c
This must have been a really well-known song at one time ... ..... it is mentioned in George Eliot's short story
'Mr Gilfin's Love Story'..
...she calls it 'a good old song' and the book was published in 1857, so the song was old then.....
Click here to read it
(thanks to John Thilthorpe for this info)
For the songs in this website, and for printing the songbook, i used the software "MagicScore" from the
"MusicMaestro" software supplier.
Click here to read more about the program...... I soon got the hang of using it!!
