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Willie's Drown'd in Yarrow

Ceann-latha 08 September 1973
Àireamh a’ chlàir 67145
Pàirt 1

fiosrachadh a' chlàraidh

Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail

SA1973.112.A3b

Àireamh an Teip Thùsail

SA1973.112

Notaichean a' Chlàir

4 verses of 4 lines. Sung to a tune of John Barrow's own composition. In more complete versions of this song, additional verses tell of the reason for Willie's drowning, the young woman's foreboding dream and her subsequent search, her retrieval of Willie's body using her hair, and her death through grief (all very similar in plot to Child 214 'The Dowie Dens o Yarrow').

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 426-427, no. 1227
'Scotland Sings' (E. MacColl, 1953) p. 10
'Ballad Book' (M. Leach, 1955) pp. 571-572
'101 Scottish Songs' (N. Buchan, 1962) p. 16
'Come Gie's a Sang' (S. Douglas, 1995) p. 14
'Bothy Songs & Ballads' (J. Ord, 1930) pp. 454-455
'The Scotish (sic) Minstrel' vol. 6 (R. A. Smith, 1824) p. 76
'The Scottish Ballads' (R. Chambers, 1829) pp. 171-173
'Orpheus Caledonius' vol. 2 (W. Thomson, 1733) p. 110
'Scotish (sic) Songs' vol. 1 (J. Ritson, 1794, 1869) pp. 223-224
'Ballads of Scotland' vol. 2 (W. E. Aytoun, 1858) pp. 73-79
'Book of Scottish Ballads' (A. Whitelaw, 1845) pp. 229-230
'Scottish Songs Ancient & Modern' (J. Gilchrist, 1865) p. 393
'Scotish Ballads and Songs' vol. 2 (J. Maidment, 1868) pp. 235-236
'Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs' vol. 1 (D. Herd, 1869, 1973) p. 82
'Ancient Ballads and Songs' vol. 1 (P. Buchan, 1828, 1875) pp. 239-242
'Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads' (A. Keith, G. Greig, 1925) pp. 144-146
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. CXIII
'A Scots Musical Museum' vol. 6 (J. Johnson & R. Burns, 1853 edition) p. 542, no. 525
'Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads' vol. 3 (B. H. Bronson & F. J. Child, 1959) pp. 328-331

Àite Clàraidh

Siorrachd - Siorrachd Cheann Rois

Paraiste - Ceann Rois

Baile/Àite - Ceann Rois

Àite a' Chuspair

Siorrachd - Siorrachd Shailcirc

Paraiste - Yarrow

Baile/Àite - Srath Yarrow

Cànan

Beurla

Seòrsa

Òran Fiosrachadh

Cruinneachadh

SoSS

Seòrsachadh

R206 GD1227 C215

Cruth Inneal a' Chlàir

Reel to reel

Càileachd an Fhuaime

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