Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Rosie Anderson
Contributors - William Milne
Reporters - William Montgomerie
Item Person - Hay Marshall, Thomas; Anderson, Rosie; Elgin, Lord

Summary - A provost's son, Hay Marshall, courted and married Rosie Anderson. This song describes how she was unfaithful to him with Lord Elgin, and the consequences of this.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:04:09
Date Recorded - 1952.08
Date of Content - 1792 to 1803
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Song
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 4986
Original Tape ID - SA1952.052
Original Track ID - SA1952.52.1
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R

Classification - GD1462; R2169;


Recording Location:
  County - Angus
  Parish - Arbroath and St Vigeans
  Village - Arbroath


Item Location:
  County - Perthshire
  Parish - Perth
  Village - Perth

Item Notes - Text transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. 18 verses.
It is interesting to note that the singer pronounces 'guide' as 'gade', possibly to fit the rhyme of the song in places.
This version is unusual in that, unlike most of the twelve other versions in the Greig-Duncan Folksong Collection, Rosie is sent to her mother in Edinburgh, not London. However the singer says the officer she meets leaves her in London. The song is based on historical fact. Thomas Hay Marshall belonged to one of Perth's eminent eighteenth century families and is generally credited with the building of Perth's new town. Lord Elgin is said to have been subsequently the British Ambassador at Constantinople, and brought the Elgin Marbles to the British Museum. Cf. Ord, 'Bothy Songs and Ballads' p. 91, and 'Greig-Duncan Folksong Collection' vol 7, no. 1462, where a full historical account is given.


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