My Father Had a Farm
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
23 May 1974
Track ID
39117
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1974.70.A11
Original Tape ID
Summary
A song fragment:
My father had a farm, a pretty little farm,
On the banks o the river Dee.
He said that life upon a farm, he could see no charm,
So he left the little farm to me.
Now the hens they would cackle in the old barn door
And the cocks crew'd much louder than they ever crew'd before.
Jock Dass got the song from William Sinclair of Stane in the south parish of South Ronaldsay.
Item Notes
1½ verses of 4 lines.
Recording Location
County - Orkney
Parish - South Ronaldsay
Island - South Ronaldsay
Village/Place - Kirk
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Village/Place - River Dee
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good