Rigs o Rye
Contributors
Date
20 January 1979
Track ID
64385
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1979.007
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good