Rise Up, Gudewife
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1959.110.A18
Original Tape ID
Summary
The opening of a children's Hogmanay guising song sent to Jessie Chalmers by Mrs Florence Russell of Dunoon:
Rise up, auld wife, and shake yer feathers,
Dinnae think that we are beggars,
We're jist some bairns come oot tae play,
Rise up and gie us oor Hogmanay.
Item Notes
1 verse of 4 lines.
See:
'Tocher' 12 (1973) p. 121
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, p. 518, no. 639
'The Singing Street' (J. T. Ritchie, 1964) p. 116
'Scottish Nursery Rhymes' (N. & W. Montgomerie, 1946) p. 106
'Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads & Songs' vol. 2 (E. Lyle, 1996) p. 132
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein, A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. V
Recording Location
County - Lanarkshire
Parish - Glasgow
Village/Place - Glasgow
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good