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When I was Noo But Sweet Sixteen

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Date 19 May 1988
Track ID 85668
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1988.025

Original Tape ID

SA1988.025

Summary

Elizabeth Stewart talks about the songs she sang to her children and grandchildren, often funny ones.

The song is from the point of view of a young woman who has been abandoned by her ploughman lover, and must care for their baby all alone. She regrets not having listened to her mother's advice.

Followed by discussion of the Traveller custom of carrying a baby wrapped in a shawl.

Item Notes

Percussion accompaniment. A variant title is 'Hishie Ba' (Roud 3449). Audience joins in chorus. Recorded at a student seminar in the School of Scottish Studies.

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R5138 R3449

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair