Clyde's Water
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1977
Track ID
79963
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1977.003
Original Tape ID
Summary
Willie rode across the Clyde to see Maggie. She refused to let him in, saying there were gentlemen in her bower. Returning over the Clyde, he was unhorsed. His brother urged him to swim, but he had lost heart because of Maggie's falseness. Maggie followed, begging his forgiveness and blaming her stepmother, and saying they would drown together.
Stanley Robertson explains that it was Maggie's stepmother who had spoken to Willie. There is some discussion of songs with similar themes.
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair