Description
Volume 24 of the acclaimed Scottish Tradition Series from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies. The Perthshire Field Recordings of the 1950s featured a range of subjects and singers, many of whom were part of the Travelling community - great custodians of our of oral culture.
This collection includes contributions from Belle & Sheila Stewart, Willie MacPhee, Bella Higgins, Charlotte Higgins, Jock White, Betty (Dolly) White, Martha Reid, John MacDonald, Willie Townsley, Stewart McPhee, Ruby Kelbie, Tommy Bonthrone and more.
Ower Yon Hill There Lives a Lassie; Frank and Ruby; Boggie’s Bonnie Belle; The Maid of Culmore; Hatton Woods; Jamie Foyers; Late Last Night I Was Asked To A Wedding; Tifty’s Annie; The Green Bushes; Jean McLern; Susie Pirate (Lord Bateman); Lowlands of Lowlands; In A Garden a Lady Walking; The Elfin Knight; The Banks O Airdery O; I’ll Cut Off My Long Yellow Hair; The Farmer’s Curst Wife; Lord Randal; Falkirk Fair; The Golden Vanity; The Tinker’s Waddin; Banks O Red Roses; The Dyin Ploughboy; The Boys of Bayview; The Flower of Strathmore.