Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Rosie Anderson
Contributors - Dr Sheila Douglas
Reporters - Ailie Edmunds Munro
Item Person - Hay Marshall, Thomas; Anderson, Rosie; Elgin, Lord

Summary - Hay Marshall, a Perth gentleman, marries Rosie Anderson. She goes to an assembly and is escorted home by Lord Elgin. Her husband objects and sends Rosie to London where she gives birth to a son. Hay Marshall is distraught and goes to London to seek a divorce. He has twenty witnesses and Rosie has only two. She wonders what she is to do. She can only hope to meet some officer.

The song is based on a real incident. Sheila Douglas put the words published by Gavin Greig to a tune she collected from an English singer.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:07:16
Date Recorded - 1972.09
Language - English
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 67228
Original Tape ID - SA1972.182
Original Track ID - SA1972.182.A4
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R

Classification - GD1462; R2169;


Recording Location:
  County - Kinross-shire
  Parish - Kinross

Item Notes - 17 verses, last line repeated as refrain. Recorded at Kinross Festival.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 7, pp. 334-343

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/67228/1


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