I Wish My Granny Saw Ye
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
January 1952
Track ID
17534
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.10.A5
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good