When I was Noo But Sweet Sixteen
Contributors
Unknown Person
Stewart, Elizabeth, 1939-2022 (3439)
Fieldworkers
Date
19 May 1988
Track ID
85668
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1988.025
Original Tape ID
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
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair