The Old Ramillies
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
08 September 1971
Track ID
96338
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1971.258
Original Tape ID
Summary
Sea disaster ballad in which the Ramillies is anchored at port when a storm rips her away and out to sea. The captain calls for the boats to be launched, but only a single man survives to tell the tale.
Item Notes
See:
'Tocher' 3 (1971) pp. 90-91
'Scottish Studies' 14 p. 85
'Journal of the Folk-Song Society' 3 p. 286
'Singer, Song and Scholar' (ed. Ian Russell, 1986) p. 112
Recording Location
County - Orkney
Parish - St Andrews and Deerness
Island - Orkney Mainland
Village/Place - Toab
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair