Tak the Buckles Frae your Sheen
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1956.168.B7
Original Tape ID
Summary
The girl in this song is advised to take the [ornamental] buckles off her shoes, because her dancing days are over, and to take the flounces from her gown and make a dress for her boy. She asks her lover to recall the time they spent on Glasgow Green.
Item Notes
3 verses of 3 lines. In this variant on the traditional song 'The Shearin's No For You', the girl has fallen pregnant, though this is only implied in this version. The reminiscence of Glasgow Green is a reminder by the young woman to her lover of his part in her situation.
See:
'Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice' (J. Porter & H. Gower, 1995) p. 179
Recording Location
County - Lanarkshire
Parish - Glasgow
Village/Place - Glasgow
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair