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Yowie wi the Crookit Horn

Date November 1955
Track ID 18726
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1955.176.B2

Original Tape ID

SA1955.176

Summary

In this song, a man owns a much-appreciated ewe with a crooked horn, until it is stolen by a nicken [rascal].

Item Notes

Three verses of eight lines. Despite the popular re-write by Rev. John Skinner (1721-1807), pastor of Longside in Aberdeenshire, which appeared in Johnson's 'Scots Musical Museum', and which implies that the ewe in the song is an actual sheep, older traditional versions of this song, such as those preserved by the Traveller community, tell us clearly that the ewe with the crooked horn is an illicit still. Recorded at John McEvoy's Ceilidh.

Recording Location

County - Lanarkshire

Parish - Glasgow

Village/Place - Glasgow

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R2140

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair