Twa Recruiting Sergeants
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1957
Track ID
35043
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1957.107.A8
Original Tape ID
Summary
Two recruiting sergeants going round the markets to entice young farm workers into the Black Watch have only recruited 42 men. They tell them that their current work is hard and dangerous, and the food poor; if they have got a girlfriend and baby they can escape by enlisting.
Item Notes
5 verses with chorus.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 1, pp. 178-179
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good