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Jamie Raeburn

Date 1960
Track ID 63283
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.257.A6

Original Tape ID

SA1960.257

Summary

In this convict's song, Jimmy Raeburn laments leaving Scotland after being sentenced to transportation; he bids farewell to his parents and sweetheart.

Item Notes

2 verses, fragment only.

See:
Greig-Duncan, vol. 8, pp. 52-63, no. 1535
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, 2806 c.14(19)
'Bothy Songs & Ballads' (J. Ord, 1930) pp. 357-358
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 2 (R. Ford, 1901) pp. 55-56
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, RB.m.143(121) (Poet's Box, Dundee c.1890)
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, L.C.1270(013)

Item Subject/Person

Raeburn, Jamie

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Strichen

Village/Place - Strichen

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R600 GD1535

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good