A Mark In Time

Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Silvertown on November 27, 2013, 06:05:20 PM

Title: What it is extended
Post by: Silvertown on November 27, 2013, 06:05:20 PM

Hi there,

Could you please help me? In the extra verse "highwayman stands blowing on his fingers by the green". What "by the green" means in this sentence?

Silvertown

Title: Re: What it is extended
Post by: rosco on November 27, 2013, 08:08:28 PM

Quote from: Silvertown on November 27, 2013, 06:05:20 PM

Hi there,

Could you please help me? In the extra verse "highwayman stands blowing on his fingers by the green". What "by the green" means in this sentence?

Silvertown

I always thought it was Highland-man. Meaning Scottish Highlander. 
Maybe blowing on his fingers means he is a piper - blowing on his hands to keep them warm.

Title: Re: What it is extended
Post by: dmg on November 27, 2013, 08:16:45 PM

"The green" could just refer to a lawn or grassy area.

Title: Re: What it is extended
Post by: Silvertown on November 28, 2013, 07:47:43 AM

Oh, thank you! I thought that it could refer to something else. Maybe man is hanging around Princes Street Gardens...

Title: Re: What it is extended
Post by: dmg on November 28, 2013, 11:53:25 AM

Quote from: Silvertown on November 28, 2013, 07:47:43 AM

Oh, thank you! I thought that it could refer to something else. Maybe man is hanging around Princes Street Gardens...

Could possibly mean that.  There is always a piper on Waverley Bridge just at the corner of the gardens East and sometimes next to the Royal Scottish Academy too, also at Gardens East:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/9068808238/in/set-72157624513665962

Title: Re: What it is extended
Post by: Silvertown on November 29, 2013, 09:07:42 AM

And the man is selling Big Issue, I suppose.