Auld Margaret
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1953
Track ID
10734
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.203.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Auld Margaret starts work at dawn. The heifers are thriving, and the cockerel knows her step and greets her with a crow. She's old and failing now, her hair and eyes faded, but she has a beautiful serenity that the poet desires for himself at his end.
Item Notes
Own composition.
Recording Location
County - Peeblesshire
Parish - Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho
Village/Place - Broughton
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good