Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - The Boston Smuggler
Contributors - Willie Mathieson
Reporters - Hamish Henderson

Summary - The singer was born in Boston to honest parents, but he becomes a smuggler at the age of 23. He is caught, his parents cannot bail him out, and he is sentenced to seven years in Charlestown. His parents weep. He regrets the pain to his parents and vows to reform and settle down with the girl he loves. He warns his friends to reform before they are caught.

Willie Mathieson learned this from Leslie Pirie, at Old Man's Glass, c. 1910; Pirie was killed at Mons in 1914.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:45
Date Recorded - 1952.01
Language - English
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 15740
Original Tape ID - SA1952.005
Original Track ID - SA1952.05.A8
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R

Classification - GD260; LL16; R261;

Item Notes - Text and music transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 7 verses.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, pp. 266-267
'Scottish Studies' 7, p. 235
Willie Mathieson's MSS II:160

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/15740/1


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