Jock o Hazeldean

Contributors

Robertson, Stanley, 1940-2009 (2895)

Fieldworkers

McDermitt, Barbara, 1934- (5182)

Date 04 March 1983

Track ID 69995

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1983.45.2

Original Tape ID

SA1983.045

Summary

Stanley Robertson sings the opening two verses of 'Jock o Hazeldean', in which a young woman weeps for the love of Jock o Hazeldean, despite an arranged marriage of comfort to another lord.

Item Notes

2 verses of 4 lines.

This is the Walter Scott rewrite of the traditional ballad 'John o Hazelgreen' (Child 293), first published in Alexander Campbell's 'Albyn's Anthology' (1816).

(N.B. The Roud Folksong Index number for this song groups traditional versions with Scott's own compositions.)

See:
'Song Histories' (R. Ford, 1900) pp. 282-285
'The Songs of Scotland' (P. Ross, 1872) pp. 385-386
'Scots Minstrelsie' vol. 1 (J. Greig, 1895) pp. 22-23
'Songs of Scotland' vol. 2 (G. F. Graham, 1854) pp. 68-69
'The Scottish Songs' vol. 2 (R. Chambers, 1829) pp. 495-496
'The Popular Songs of Scotland' (G. F. Graham, 1887) pp. 120-121

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Aberdeen

Village/Place - Aberdeen

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good