Search

Fine Flooers in the Valley

Contributors
Date 08 September 1986
Track ID 90751
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1986.084

Original Tape ID

SA1986.084

Summary

In this ballad, a young woman kills her baby immediately after birth, and buries the body. She later sees a lovely young child and tells him she wishes he belonged to her. He reveals himself as the ghost of her murdered child.

Item Notes

Recorded at a Kirriemuir Folk Festival competition.

Recording Location

County - Angus

Parish - Kirriemuir

Village/Place - Kirriemuir

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R9 GD193 GD194 GD1910 C20

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good