Johnnie Sangster

Contributors

Fisher, Ray, 1940-2011 (6622) Fisher MBE, Cilla, 1952- (8083)

Fieldworkers

Smith Perrin, Stephanie (4236)

Date 31 May 1987

Track ID 83656

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1987.094

Original Tape ID

SA1987.094

Summary

Harvest love song in which a young woman describes her affection and admiration for Johnnie Sangster, the worker who binds the crops she bundles together.

Item Notes

Gavin Greig (Greig-Duncan vol. 3, pp. 634-635) attributes this song to William Scott of Fetterangus (b. 1785), though he also admits that the song does not appear in Scott's only published collection of works in 1832.

Item Subject/Person

Sangster, Johnnie

Recording Location

County - Dumfriesshire

Parish - Dumfries

Village/Place - Dumfries

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair