Ballad of the Yowe Buchts
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1974.290.B1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Mary has gone milking and nine gentlemen come along. One takes hold of her and they spend time together. He rides off and Mary goes off with her milking pails. When she gets back to her father's home, he says she has been away a long time. She says it was because of a tod (fox) among the ewes. On a summer day when she is with her ewes, nine gentlemen come by, one jumps off his horse and asks if she will take him in but she says she has a man at home. He reminds her of the time they spent in the buchts and tells one of his men to find her a mount. He is the laird and he will marry her.
Item Notes
12 verses. Preceded by a fragment of conversation apparently about a mispronunciation.
See:
Greig-Duncan Collection 4 pp. 268-275
Language
Scots
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good