Maggie Lauder
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.167.A9
Original Tape ID
Summary
Fragment of the song 'Maggie Lauder', in which the titular character encounters a piper named 'Rab the Ranter'.
Item Notes
3 verses of 8 lines; verse 3 is a repeat of verse 1. Although often doubted, authorship of this song is generally attributed to Francis Sempill (1616-1682), who is supposed to have written it in 1642.
See:
'Song Histories' (R. Ford, 1900) pp. 96-101
'Scotland Sings' (E. MacColl, 1953) pp. 62-63
'101 Scottish Songs' (N. Buchan, 1962) pp. 22-23
'Book of Scottish Song' (A. Whitelaw, 1845) p. 259
'Secret Songs of Silence' (P. Buchan, 1832) pp. 4-7
'The Scotish [sic] Minstrel' vol.5 (R. A. Smith, 1821) p. 56
'Scotish [sic] Songs' vol. 2 (J. Ritson, 1794, 1869) pp. 325-326
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 2 (R. Ford, 1901) pp. 61-63
'Songs of Scotland' vol. 2 (G. F. Graham, 1854) pp. 110-111
'Scottish Songs Ancient & Modern' (J. Gilchrist, 1865) pp. 61-63
'Lyric Gems of Scotland' vol.2 (comp. John Cameron, 1856) p. 104
'Songs of Scotland Prior to Burns' (R. Chambers, 1862) pp. 172-175
'Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs' vol. 2 (D. Herd, 1869, 1973) pp. 72-73
Murray Collection (Broadsides), Glasgow University Library, Mu23-y4:002
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, S.302.b.2(094) (Belfast, c.1825), APS.3.84.2 (London, after 1825)
Item Subject/Person
Lauder, Maggie
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good