The Last of the Clydesdales
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
28 January 1987
Track ID
93070
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1987.020
Original Tape ID
Summary
Song lamenting the passing of Clydesdale horses from regular farm work, and celebrating the last pair of horse driven by the song's author on the farm of Denbrae.
Archie Fisher comments that the author, Archie Webster, died within the last couple of years. He jokes that the author told him if he was to sing it with guitar could he do it in the style of Gene Autry.
Item Notes
Performed live at Edinburgh Folk Club in the Osbourne Hotel, with guitar accompaniment. Written by Fife horseman Archie Webster of Strathkinness around 1950.
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Fife
Parish - Logie
Village/Place - Denbrae
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good