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My Last Farewell to Stirlin o

Date 15 October 1952
Track ID 46758
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.32.A7

Original Tape ID

SA1952.032

Summary

The singer is being transported to serve twenty years in Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania] and is bidding farewell to his native Stirling, his sweetheart and his friends.

Jimmy Taylor learned the song at a meal-and-ale [harvest celebration] in Glenlivet from Jimmy Rattray, a shepherd from Glenlivet.

Item Notes

4 verses with chorus; several lines of verse 3 and chorus have been cut.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, pp. 48-51

Language

English, Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R5160 GD1534

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good