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The Hat My Father Wore

Date January 1952
Track ID 15986
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.07.B3

Original Tape ID

SA1952.007

Summary

Paddy Miles has come from Ireland; he can sing and dance, and is proud to wear the hat his father wore.

Willie Mathieson learned the song from a wandering singer called Paddy.

Item Notes

Text and music transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 1 verse. It is an Irish-American parody of a famous Orange song, but the tune here bears little resemblance to the usual tune for 'The Sash My Father Wore'.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8., pp. 66-68
Willie Mathieson's MSS I:232

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Ellon

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R4796 GD1538

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good