The Roving Ploughboy
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1985.166
Original Tape ID
Summary
Woman's love song for her ploughman sweetheart; she will give up a life of comfort to follow him.
Item Notes
Guitar accompaniment. Recorded at Inverness Folk Club 20th Anniversary Concert. This song was made popular by John MacDonald ('The Singing Molecatcher'). Hamish Henderson realised this bothy song was derived from the old ballad 'The Gypsie Laddie' (Child 200) ('How a bothy song came into being', 'Scottish Studies' 5, pp. 212-215; reprinted in Hamish Henderson, ed. A. Finlay, 'Alias MacAlias', 1992, 2004, pp. 115-118).
See also:
'101 Scottish Songs' (N. Buchan, 1962) p. 82
'Come Gie's a Sang' (S. Douglas, 1995) p. 81
'Folksongs of Britain & Ireland' (P. Kennedy, 1975) p. 571
'Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads' (A. Keith & G. Greig, 1925) p. 128
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Inverness and Bona
Village/Place - Inverness
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good