The Aul' Wife's Jaw
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
December 1959
Track ID
56073
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.143.B14
Original Tape ID
Summary
Fragments of a comic song in which the singer gets on well with his sweetheart's family, all except her mother, whose manner drives him away. He vows to become a farmer in Canada and never to marry.
Item Notes
3 verses of 4 lines (verse 3 repeat of verse 1).
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair