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Rigs o Rye

Date 20 January 1979
Track ID 64385
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1979.007

Original Tape ID

SA1979.007

Summary

The singer sees two lovers in a field. The young man tells the girl that her family disapproves of him, but she says she will defy them. He says that her dowry is too small for him and she begins to weep. He dries her tears and tells her he said it to test her. They elope, living in Brechin in the winter and Montrose in the summer.

Item Notes

9 verses. Love song.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 5, pp. 499-517
Ord pp. 31-32

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R985 GD1054 LO11

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good