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The Banks of the Nile

Date August 1954
Track ID 68919
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.91.B6

Original Tape ID

SA1954.091

Summary

A man is called off to war to fight in Egypt on the banks of the Nile. His lover says she will cut off her hair and sign up in order to be with him. However, he warns her off, saying the conditions in Egypt will harm her health and complexion.

Geordie Robertson got the song at Yokieshill near Mintlaw.

Item Notes

3 verses, fragment only. Some 13 versions of the broadside exist in the Bodleian Library Broadsides collection, published in the mid-1800s. The song could date from any point around the late 1700s to the mid-19th century.

See:
Greig-Duncan, vol. 1, pp. 273-280, no. 99

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Aberdeen

Village/Place - Aberdeen

Language

English, Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R950 GD99 LN9

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good