The Moon Shined On My Bed Last Night
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1954.95.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song, a young woman yearns for her lover. Although her parents want her to marry a rich old man, she refuses, saying she will wait to be wed to her lover, even if it means living in poverty with him. She rejects all the gossip and talk about her and her lover, saying she'll "leave this counterie and follow my nice young man".
Maggie Stewart heard her mother sing this, and got the words later from Jane [Jean? - her sister-in-law, Jeannie Robertson?].
Item Notes
3 verses; verse 1 (10 lines), verse 2 (8 lines), verse 3 (12 lines). Cf. version by Bella Whyte on same tape, and Jeannie Robertson on SA1953.198.
See:
'Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice' (J. Porter
& H. Gower, 1995) pp. 231-232
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair