STAUMC
Club Song Book
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1970s Song Book of the St Andrews
University Mountaineering Club
THE STAUMC has been an active mountaineering club since 1934. It has a current website here. It also has a facebook page. I think it's fair to say that the STAUMC has a reputable tradition in the annals of Scottish Mountaineering, and indeed Polar mountaineering. There was a sort of cycle to the club year, with highlights including the Feich Trip at Hogmanay, originally in Glen Nevis, but then for many years at Glen Pean; the Easter Meet in the North-West, sometimes with a club dinner; and then the early June meet in Glen Brittle. The social aspect of the club was a way of relaxing and balancing the serious intent of the climbing, and sometimes letting off steam. The club had a 7-metre long tent called 'The Nally' where people would crowd in on stormy nights. Music was a part of the club's tradition: a song book was put together, and guitars and accordians would be carried to remote bothies. The STAUMC has evolved over the decades, each new generation bringing its own style and new adventures to the annals of this now 86-year-old club. There have also been a number of post-graduate clubs involving former STAUMC members, notably the Corriemulzie Club whose own history can be viewed here. I am grateful to Ian Walton (Club President 1972-73) who worked out the guitar chords for all the songs in the Club Song Book, and from whose files the songs below have been reproduced with his kind permission. The first Club Song Book was put together in 1960. A second edition was compiled by Sarah Mason and Dave Gibson in 1970. The third edition in 1974 (from which the songs on this page have been reproduced) added songs collected by Jeanette Young, with group support from Helen Foord, Mary Gardner, Elspeth Good, John Cant, and Norman MacKenzie.
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The Castle Tavern - STAUMC's mid-week HQ back in the day
and scene of many evenings of drinking and singing (photo: Susannah Clark)
Blackrock Cottage - scene of an epic 'thrash' in 1974. The Glencoe Meet was a permanent fixture in late October.
The Cluanie Inn - scene of a particularly epic 1960s 'thrash' which went down in legend
STAUMC CLUB SONG BOOK (Second Edition, 1970)
Click on the Blue Song Book to view the 1970 Song Book - or click here
STAUMC CLUB SONG BOOK (Third Edition, 1974)
BALLAD
OF BETHNAL GREEN
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BANKS
OF THE ROSES
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THE
BLACK VELVET BAND
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BLOWING
IN THE WIND
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BONNIE
DUNDEE
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THE
BONNIE LASS O' FYVIE
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CAN'T
HELP BUT WONDER WHERE I'M BOUND
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CAMBELTOWN
LOCH
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CHINA.
MY OLD CHINA
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THE
CLIMBER'S CLEMENTINE
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CLOGGY
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COME
LANDLORD
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CHRISTIAN
BONINGTON
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THE
CRINAN CANAL
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THE
CUILLIN RIDGE
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DARK
ISLAND
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DEERSTALKER
HAT
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FIDDLER'S
GREEN
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FLOWER
OF SCOTLAND
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FOUR
POUNDS A DAY
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FOUR
STRONG WINDS
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GIPSY
ROVER
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GODIVA
WAS A LADY
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GREENLAND
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HIKING
SONG
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HOLY
GROUND
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I'M
A ROVER
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IRISH
ROVER
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THE
JEELY PIECE SONG
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JOHNNY
LAD
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THE
JUG OF PUNCH
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KILLIECRANKIE
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LAST
THING ON MY MIND
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LEWIS
BRIDAL SONG
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THE
LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
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LOGGER
LOVE
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MACPHERSON'S
RANT
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MANCHESTER
RAMBLER
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THE
MEN OF KNOYDART
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MINGULAY
BOAT SONG
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MUTILATED
PHANTOM OF THE CRAG
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THE
NIGHTINGALE
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THE
NORTHERN LIGHTS
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OUR
FAMILY
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PLUMBERS
AND THE JOINERS
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THE
PUFFER SONG
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MY
RAMBLIN' BOY
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RED
RUBBER BALL
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THE
ROAD TO DUNDEE
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THE
ROAD TO THE ISLES
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ROSIN
THE BOW
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SCOTS
WHA HAE
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SHOALS
OF HERRING
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SKI
CLUB HATE SONG
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SKYE
BOAT SONG
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SLOOP
JOHN B
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SCOTTISH
MOUNTAINEERING CLUB SONG
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STREETS
OF LONDON
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TAKE
THE BOAT OVER TO SKYE
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TAKE
ME BACK
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THE
DIRTY OLD HIGHLAND CLIMBER
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UIST
TRAMPING SONG
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WALTZING
MATILDA
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WEAVER'S
SONG
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WESTERING
HOME
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WHIP
JAMBOREE
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WHISKY
IN THE JAR
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WILD
COLONIAL BOY
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WILD
ROVER
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WILL
YE GO LASSIE GO
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WOAD
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YE
BANKS AND BRAES
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YE
JACOBITES
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YOUNG
RODDY M'CORLEY
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