Young Emily
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
26 November 1976
Track ID
60487
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.217.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
Young Emily's parents own a public house and she has fallen in love with a sailor lodging with them. She has a dream that he is lying bleeding in a stream. She goes downstairs and asks her mother where the sailor is. She is told that her parents have robbed and killed him. She says they will die publicly.
Item Notes
8 verses.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, pp. 14-21
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good