When I Was Young And Sweet Sixteen
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
13 March 1987
Track ID
81676
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1987.118
Original Tape ID
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
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good