Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Tiotal a' Chlàir - Rosie Anderson
Fiosraichean - William Milne
Luchd-clàraidh -
Item Person - Hay Marshall, Thomas; Anderson, Rosie; Elgin, Lord

Geàrr-chunntas - 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.

Fad a' Chlàir (h:m:s) - 00:04:09
Àm Clàraidh - 1952.08
Àm a' Chuspair - 1792 gu 1803
Cànan - Beurla, Albais
Seòrsa - Òran
Cruinneachadh - Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba

Àireamh a' Chlàir - 4986
Àireamh an Teip Thùsail - SA1952.052
Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail - SA1952.52.1
Càileachd an Fhuaime - Math
Cruth Inneal a' Chlàir - R2R

Seòrsachadh - GD1462; R2169;


Àite Clàraidh:
  Siorrachd - Siorrachd Aonghais
  Paraiste - Arbroath and St Vigeans
  Baile/Àite - Obar Brothaig


Àite a' Chuspair:
  Siorrachd - Siorrachd Pheairt
  Paraiste - Peairt
  Baile/Àite - Peairt

Notaichean a' Chlàir - 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.


Ceangal Maireannach - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/gd/fullrecord/4986/1


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