The War in Germany
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
24 June 1969
Track ID
64113
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1969.52
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this variant of 'High Germany', a young woman curses the wars that have taken her sweetheart from her. She could not follow her lover to Germany as she was pregnant and unfit to travel; they married before he left. She hears his ghostly voice one night telling her that he has been killed in battle.
Ethel Findlater learned the song from her cousin, Bella.
Item Notes
7 verses of 4 lines.
See:
'Tocher' 1 (1971) pp. 30-31
Greig-Duncan vol. 1 pp. 256-263, no. 96
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good