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The Gallowa Hills

Date December 1961
Track ID 91292
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.121

Original Tape ID

SA1961.121

Summary

The singer asks a pretty girl to come with him and share his lot in a strange country, to which she agrees, saying that she will sell her possessions and they will go over the hills to Galloway.

Item Notes

'The Gallowa Hills' is believed to have originated in a song by William Nicholson (1783-1849) called 'The Braes of Galloway', first published in his 'Tales in Verse, and Miscellaneous Poems descriptive of Rural Life and Manners' (1814, pp. 262-263). Twentieth-century versions appear to stem from broadsides of the late 19th century.

See also:
'101 Scottish Songs' (N. Buchan, 1962) p. 102
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, RB.m.143(119)
'Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice' (J. Porter & H. Gower, 1995) pp. 171-172

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Item Location

Village/Place - Galloway

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R3358

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair