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Wha Saw the 42nd

Fieldworkers
Date 14 November 1976
Track ID 69217
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1976.246.B5a

Original Tape ID

SA1976.246

Summary

Wha saw the 42nd, wha saw them gaun awa?
Wha saw the 42nd, sailing doon the Broomielaw?
Some o them had buits an stocking, some o them had nane at a',
Some o them had hairy sporrans, sailing doon the Broomielaw.

Danny Spooner used to perform this with a Scotsman named Gordon MacIntyre.

Item Notes

Transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 1 verse. Mouth music.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, p. 180
'Scottish Nursery Rhymes' (Montgomerie, 1946) pp. 92-93

Non Scottish Recording Location

Australia, Victoria

Non Scottish Recording Location

Astràilia, Bhictòria

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R8250 R13073 GD1628

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good