In London Town
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
December 1959
Track ID
56071
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.143.B12
Original Tape ID
Summary
Fragments of a song in which Willie refuses to marry the girl he has courted. She has fallen pregnant and he advises her to go home and tell her parents. She fears the disgrace of doing so, and decides she would rather kill herself by drowning. He discovers the body of his sweetheart floating down the tide; he recovers her corpse and laments.
Item Notes
7 verses of 4 lines.
See:
'Tocher' 21 (1976) pp. 181-182
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 217-218, no. 1155
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair