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Bonnie Strathyre

Date December 1959
Track ID 61531
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.136.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1960.136

Summary

A pastoral love song in which the singer celebrates both the virtues of his sweetheart and the splendour of his native Strathyre.

Item Notes

3 verses of 8 lines. Lyrics by Harold Boulton (1859-1935) set to a traditional air he called 'Taymouth', arranged by Malcolm Leonard Lawson (b. 1849), copyright 1895 J. B. Cramer & Co. The melody is better known as 'The Muckin o Geordie's Byre' (Roud Folk Song Index no. 2137).

See:
'Songs of the North' vol. 1 (M. L. Lawson, 1895) pp. 163-166
'Modern Scottish Poets' 11th Series (ed. D. H. Edwards, 1888) p. 36

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Strichen

Village/Place - Strichen

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Balquhidder

Village/Place - Strathyre

Language

English

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good