The Green Grass Grew All Around
Fieldworkers
Date
08 July 1961
Track ID
56343
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.79.B1
Original Tape ID
Summary
This cumulative song describes the stump in the ground, the branch on the stump in the ground, and so on, with a twig, nest, egg, bird, leg, foot, toe, nail and speck.
Item Notes
12 verses of increasing length (cumulative), verses 5 and 6 repeated.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, pp. 201-203, no. 1668
'Folksongs of Britain & Ireland' (P. Kennedy, 1975) pp. 226-227
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein, A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. LXXXVI & LXXXVII
Recording Location
County - Orkney
Parish - Kirkwall and St Ola
Island - Orkney Mainland
Village/Place - Kirkwall
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair