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The Rigs o Rye

Date 30 April 1956
Track ID 27991
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.52.B11

Original Tape ID

SA1956.052

Summary

The young man tells his sweetheart that her parents oppose their marriage; she says she does not care. He then says her fortune is too small for him to marry her. She begins to weep; he dries her tears and says he was only testing her. They marry and they and their children live on kail brose [cabbage broth] in winter and neep [turnip] brose in summer.

Elsie Morrison says the usual last verse has the couple living in Forfar in winter and Montrose in summer. She does not remember where she heard this version.

Item Notes

8 verses.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 5, pp. 499-517
Ord pp. 31-32

Recording Location

County - Moray

Parish - Bellie

Village/Place - Spey Bay

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R985 GD1054 LO11

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good