In Kilmarnock Town

Contributors

Higgins, Charlotte, 1895-1971 (612)

Fieldworkers

Fleming, Maurice, 1926-2020 (1486)

Date 1955

Track ID 28953

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1955.53.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1955.053

Summary

Mary is seduced by a collier called Willie. He refuses to marry her, and tells her to go back to her parents. She cannot bear to bring disgrace on them and drowns herself. He finds her body and weeps.

Item Notes

3½ verses.

See:
'Tocher' 21 (1976), pp. 181-182
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 217-218

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Blairgowrie

Village/Place - Blairgowrie

Item Location

County - Ayrshire

Parish - Kilmarnock

Village/Place - Kilmarnock

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good