Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - (My Name is) Queen Mary (My Age is Sixteen)
Contributors - Johina J. Leith
Reporters - Alan J. Bruford

Summary - Mrs Leith describes and sings the words to a children's singing game, 'My Name is Queen Mary, My Age is Sixteen'. The song was accompanied by actions, some of which were unpopular with boys if they were playing.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:01:18
Date Recorded - 1977.07.01
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 51661
Original Tape ID - SA1977.085
Original Track ID - SA1977.85.A6f
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R

Classification - GD1373; GD1605; R6281;


Recording Location:
  County - Orkney
  Parish - Stenness

Item Notes - 5 verses of 4 lines. Mrs Leith refers to notes prepared for the BBC.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 7, pp. 179-180, no. 1373; vol. 8, pp. 164-165, no. 1605
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 74
'Golden City' (J. T. Ritchie, 1965) p. 152
'101 Scottish Songs' (N. Buchan, 1962) p. 144
'The Singing Street' (J. T. Ritchie, 1964) p. 12
'The Singing Game' (P. & I. Opie, 1985) pp. 321-324
'Scottish Nursery Rhymes' (N. & W. Montgomerie, 1946) p. 123
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) pp. 107, 131
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 2 (R. Ford, 1901) pp. 208-210
'Sam Henry's Songs of the People' (G. Huntington, 1990) p. 255
'The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland' vol. 2 (A. B. Gomme, 1898) pp. 102-104

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/51661/1


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