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When I Was Young And Sweet Sixteen

Date 13 March 1987
Track ID 81676
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1987.118

Original Tape ID

SA1987.118

Summary

Seduction song in which a young woman has been abandoned by her lover, and must care for their baby all alone. She regrets not having listened to her mother's advice.

Followed by comment by Margaret Bennett on lullabies as songs of misfortune.

Item Notes

A variant title is 'Hishie Ba' (Roud 3449).

Item Subject/Person

Stewart, Elizabeth

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R5138 R3449

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good