There was a Girl in Marnoch
Fieldworkers
Date
1961
Track ID
37362
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.39.A19
Original Tape ID
Summary
Muddled fragments of a song in which Willie refuses to marry the girl he has courted after she has fallen pregnant, advising her to go home and tell her parents. She fears the disgrace of doing so, and decides she would rather kill herself by drowning. He discovers the body of his sweetheart floating down the tide; he rescues her corpse and laments.
Item Notes
5 verses of 4 lines, except verse 1 with 5 lines, and verse 2 with 3 lines.
See:
'Tocher' 21 (1976) pp. 181-182
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 217-218l, no. 1155
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Huntly
Village/Place - Huntly
Item Location
County - Banffshire
Parish - Marnoch
Village/Place - Marnoch
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair