The Laird o Windy Wa's
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1959.108.A4
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this night-visiting song, a man begs to be let into his sweetheart's house during the night. She is afraid her parents will hear him enter through the creaking doors, but he tells her to oil them. He is then able to enter, the couple go to bed and she loses her maidenhead.
Item Notes
4 verses of 4 lines with changing refrain of 4 lines.
See:
'Tocher' 2 (1971) pp. 58-59
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, pp. 120-123, no. 778
'Book of Scottish Song' (A. Whitelaw, 1845) p. 244
'Songs of Scotland' vol. 2 (G. F. Graham, 1854) pp. 22-23
'Songs from David Herd's Manuscripts' (H. Hecht, 1904) pp. 149-152
'Scottish Songs Ancient & Modern' (J. Gilchrist, 1865) pp. 141-144
'Lyric Gems of Scotland' vol. 2 (comp. John Cameron, 1856) pp. 200, 243
'Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs' vol. 2 (D. Herd, 1869, 1973) pp. 167-169
'The Scots Musical Museum' vol. 4 (J. Johnson & R. Burns, 1853) pp. 320-321, no. 311
'Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland' (E. MacColl & P. Seeger, 1977) pp. 160-162
'Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice' (J. Porter & H. Gower, 1995) pp. 197-198
Recording Location
County - Kincardineshire
Parish - Fetteresso
Village/Place - Stonehaven
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good