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Yowe-Buchts

Ceann-latha August 1954
Àireamh a’ chlàir 10442
Pàirt 1

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Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail

SA1954.95.A2

Àireamh an Teip Thùsail

SA1954.095

Notaichean a' Chlàir

10 stanzas of 5 lines, except verse 1 (4 lines), verse 2 (7 lines) and verse 4 (8 lines); sung to the tune of 'Johnnie o Braidesley' / 'Johnny the Brime' ('Johnie Cock', Child 114), and very similar to Jeannie Robertson's melody for that song (see Bronson).

Not explicit here is that the girl falls pregnant.

This version is almost identical to broadside ballads published in the last half of the nineteenth century (see NLS), except that the choice of melody has necessitated the repeat of the last line of each verse as a refrain (as in 'Johnnie o Braidesley').

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, pp. 268-275
'Tocher' 5 (1972) pp. 164-165
'Scottish Ballads' (E. Lyle, 1994) pp. 151-155
'The Scottish Minstrel' vol. 2 (R. A. Smith, 1821) p. 45
'Book of Scottish Ballads' (A. Whitelaw, 1845) pp. 288-289
'Ancient Scottish Ballads' (G. R. Kinloch, 1827) pp. 160-169
'Ballads of Scotland' vol. 2 (W. E. Aytoun, 1858) pp. 364-365
'Ancient Ballads and Songs' vol. 1 (P. Buchan, 1828) pp. 167-175
'Minstrelsy Ancient & Modern' (W. Motherwell, 1827) Melody no. 10
'Traditional Ballad Airs' vol. 1 (W. Christie, 1876) pp. 126-127, 284
'Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs' vol. 1 (D. Herd, 1869, 1973) pp. 98-99
'Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads' (A. Keith & G. Greig, 1925) pp.
150-153
'Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads & Songs' vol. 2 (E. Lyle,
1996) pp. 135-137
'Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads & Songs' vol. 1 (E. Lyle,
1975) pp. 78-81, pp. 125-129
'Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads' vol. 3 (B. H. Bronson & F.J.
Child, 1959) pp. 9-10
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection,
L.C.Fol.70(2b) (1860-1890) & L.C.1270(004) (1840-1850)

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