Clyde's Water
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.38.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Fragments of the ballad 'Clyde's Water' in which Willie rides out to see Maggie, despite his mother's attempts to dissuade him.
Ina Allanson learned the song from her father.
Item Notes
2 verses; verse 1 has 6 lines, verse 2 has 4 lines. Sung to the original melody of Robert Burns' song 'Auld Lang Syne' (not the commonly known tune, originally taken from the song 'I Fee'd a Lad at Martinmas').
These fragments come from the opening verses; the ballad involves two lovers whose mothers disapprove of their love, and who are both drowned in the River Clyde due to their mothers' curses.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 433-441
'Tocher' 40 (1986) pp. 211-214
'Scottish Ballads' (E. Lyle, 1994) pp. 206-210
'The Scottish Ballads' (R. Chambers, 1829) pp. 301-305
'Book of Scottish Ballads' (A. Whitelaw, 1845) pp. 38-39
'Ballads of Scotland' vol. 1 (W. E. Aytoun, 1858) pp. 154-157
'Minstrelsy Ancient & Modern' (W. Motherwell, 1827) pp. 155-160
'Ancient Ballads and Songs' vol. 2 (P. Buchan, 1828) pp. 137-142
'Traditional Ballad Airs' vol. 2 (W. Christie, 1881) pp. 250-251
'Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads' (A. Keith, G. Greig, 1925) pp. 146-150
'Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads & Songs' vol. 2 (E. Lyle, 1996) pp. 30-32
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. LX
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Huntly
Village/Place - Huntly
Item Location
Village/Place - River Clyde
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair