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The Cruel Mother

Date 09 April 1961
Track ID 98103
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.248.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1960.248

Summary

In this ballad, a young woman kills her two newborn babies. She later sees two children playing ball and tells them she wishes they belonged to her. They reveal themselves to be the ghosts of the two murdered children; they are in Heaven, but she will be going to Hell.

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Old Deer

Village/Place - Fetterangus

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good