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Burns and his Highland Mary

Date 03 November 1959
Track ID 59461
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.133.B1

Original Tape ID

SA1960.133

Summary

A song about the parting of Robert Burns and his lover, Mary Campbell, and her tragic death shortly afterwards.

Item Notes

12 verses of 4 lines.

Robert Burns (1759-1796) met Mary Campbell (1763-1786) in 1786, and they pursued a brief, but intense love affair. She died shortly afterwards at Greenock.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 488-492
National Library of Scotland, RB.m.143(030)
'Bothy Songs & Ballads' (J. Ord, 1930) pp. 354-355
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 1 (R. Ford, 1899) pp. 124-126
'Till Doomsday in the Afternoon' (E. MacColl & P. Seeger, 1986) pp. 193-195
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. LXXVI
Murray Collection (Broadsides), Glasgow University Library, mu23-y1:009, mu23-y1:026, mu23-y4:024

Item Subject/Person

Burns, Robert; Campbell, Mary [Highland Mary]

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Strichen

Village/Place - Strichen

Item Location

County - Ayrshire

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R820 GD1249 LO34

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good