Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Rosie Anderson
Contributors - William Milne
Reporters - William Montgomerie
Item Person - Hay Marshall, Thomas; Anderson, Rosie; Elgin, Lord

Summary - A provost's son, Hay Marshall, courted and married Rosie Anderson. This song describes how she was accused of being unfaithful to him with Lord Elgin. She goes to Edinburgh and gives birth to a son. Hay Marshall divorces her, and she takes up with an officer and goes with him to London, where she bitterly rues her liaison with Lord Elgin.

William Milne says he has missed a verse of no consequence. He learned the song in 1889.


Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:04:27
Date Recorded - 1952.08
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 73784
Original Tape ID - SA1952.048.051
Original Track ID - SA1952.50.1
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R

Classification - GD1462; R2169;


Recording Location:
  County - Angus
  Parish - Arbroath and St Vigeans

Item Notes - Text transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 17 verses.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 7, pp. 334-343
Ord pp. 91-92

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/73784/1


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