The Maid of the Cowdean Knowes
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
28 June 1977
Track ID
94181
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1977.082
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song, a young shepherdess is milking her sheep, when she is ravished by a passing nobleman. When she returns home to her father, she describes her ordeal by saying a tod [fox] stole her lamb.
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good