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I Wish My Granny Saw Ye

Date January 1952
Track ID 17534
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.10.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1952.010

Summary

The singer, Johnny Raw from Fintry, is not lucky with the ladies, who mock him with, "I wish my granny saw you."

Item Notes

Text and music transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 6 verses in Willie Mathieson's MSS (I:85). Possibly music-hall in origin.

See:
Ord pp. 395-396

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Ellon

Village/Place - Ellon

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R5614

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good