Barrie's Trip
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.205.A18
Original Tape ID
Summary
I'm no gaun tae Barrie's trip,
I'm no gaun again;
I'm no gaun tae Barrie's trip,
It ayeways comes on rain.
[Repeated.]
Barrie's trip was organised by a man who ran a mission in the Grassmarket [in Edinburgh] which held an annual trip like a Sunday School picnic. Jean Redpath got the song from Stuart [MacGregor?], who picked up the song from a drunk in a pub, who learned the song as a child.
Item Notes
One verse, sung twice. Barrie's Trip was organised through the Grassmarket Mission, by "Bailey [sic] Barrie ... a councillor ('Memories of Edinburgh Streets: The City Image', The Living Memory Association, 2001, p. 11).
Item Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair