Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Epistle to Mrs Scott
Alternate Title - The Answer to The Guidwife of Wauchope-House, to Robert Burns, the Airshire Bard. Feb. 1787
Contributors - Agnes Mitchell
Reporters - Dr Linda Williamson
Item Person - Mitchell, Willie

Summary - Agnes Mitchell recites some lines from Robert Burns' 'Epistle to Mrs Scott':

Ev'n then a thocht (I mind its power)
I mind it to my latest hour
It stirs within my breast;
That I for poor auld Scotland's sake
Some usefu' plan or book should make,
Or sing a sang at least.

Her father, Willie Mitchell, used the last phrase 'A Sang At Least' as the title for a concert of songs for Kintyre Music Club.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:00:51
Date Recorded - 1975.02.25
Language - Scots
Genre - Verse, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 75609
Original Tape ID - SA1975.046
Original Track ID - SA1975.46.A3
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Argyllshire
  Parish - Campbeltown
  Village - Campbeltown

Item Notes - The lines are somewhat altered from the original.

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/75609/1


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