Oor Fairm Toon
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Title - Oor Fairm Toon
Contributors - Andrew Robbie
Reporters - Prof. Kenneth Goldstein
Summary - The singer of this bothy song describes some of the workforce at the farm where he works, including a "sonsie [comely] kitchen lass", and a baillie [cattleman] who is "bandy-legged and pirn-taed [pigeon-toed]". The men are up early every day, but have only brose for breakfast. We hear of some of the technological improvements at the farm. The farmer's wife is strict with the men, and the singer will curtail his song in case she hears what he is saying.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:01:59
Date Recorded - 1959.12.26
Language - Scots
Genre - Song
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 55295
Original Tape ID - SA1960.142
Original Track ID - SA1960.142.A12
Audio Quality - Fair
Audio Format - R2R
Classification - GD403; R5411;
Item Notes - 7 verses of 4 lines. Gavin Greig credits a Mr Laird of Memsie, near Fraserburgh, with the authorship of this song.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, p. 110
'Tocher' 36/37 (1981-1982) pp. 423-424
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. XCII
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/55295/1
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Contributors - Andrew Robbie
Reporters - Prof. Kenneth Goldstein
Summary - The singer of this bothy song describes some of the workforce at the farm where he works, including a "sonsie [comely] kitchen lass", and a baillie [cattleman] who is "bandy-legged and pirn-taed [pigeon-toed]". The men are up early every day, but have only brose for breakfast. We hear of some of the technological improvements at the farm. The farmer's wife is strict with the men, and the singer will curtail his song in case she hears what he is saying.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:01:59
Date Recorded - 1959.12.26
Language - Scots
Genre - Song
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 55295
Original Tape ID - SA1960.142
Original Track ID - SA1960.142.A12
Audio Quality - Fair
Audio Format - R2R
Classification - GD403; R5411;
Item Notes - 7 verses of 4 lines. Gavin Greig credits a Mr Laird of Memsie, near Fraserburgh, with the authorship of this song.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, p. 110
'Tocher' 36/37 (1981-1982) pp. 423-424
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. XCII
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/55295/1
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