Clyde's Water

Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail

SA1961.38.A1

Àireamh an Teip Thùsail

SA1961.038

Notaichean a' Chlàir

2 verses; verse 1 has 6 lines, verse 2 has 4 lines. Sung to the original melody of Robert Burns' song 'Auld Lang Syne' (not the commonly known tune, originally taken from the song 'I Fee'd a Lad at Martinmas').

These fragments come from the opening verses; the ballad involves two lovers whose mothers disapprove of their love, and who are both drowned in the River Clyde due to their mothers' curses.

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

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