Clyde's Water

Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail

SA1954.96.A6

Àireamh an Teip Thùsail

SA1954.096

Notaichean a' Chlàir

13 verses of 4 lines (except v.9 and v. 13 with 6 lines). This version makes only fleeting reference to the curse placed on Willie by Maggie's mother (and does not mention the curse placed on Willie by his own mother, which also sometimes occurs in the song).

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 433-441
'Tocher' 40 (1986) pp. 211-214
'Scottish Ballads' (E. Lyle, 1994) pp. 206-210
'The Scottish Ballads' (R. Chambers, 1829) pp. 301-305
'Book of Scottish Ballads' (A. Whitelaw, 1845) pp. 38-39
'Ballads of Scotland' vol. 1 (W. E. Aytoun, 1858) pp. 154-157
'Minstrelsy Ancient & Modern' (W. Motherwell, 1827) pp. 155-160
'Ancient Ballads and Songs' vol. 2 (P. Buchan, 1828) pp. 137-142
'Traditional Ballad Airs' vol. 2 (W. Christie, 1881) pp. 250-251
'Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads' (A. Keith & G. Greig, 1925) pp. 146-150
'Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads & Songs' vol. 2 (E. Lyle, 1996) pp. 30-32
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. LX

Àite Clàraidh

Àite a' Chuspair

Cànan

Beurla, Albais

Seòrsa

Òran Fiosrachadh

Cruinneachadh

SoSS

Seòrsachadh

R91 GD1231 C216

Cruth Inneal a' Chlàir

Reel to reel

Càileachd an Fhuaime

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