The Slippy Stane
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
September 1956
Track ID
18259
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1956.109.A10
Original Tape ID
Summary
A song encouraging people to always help their neighbours when in need, with very much a 'do unto others...' moral.
The contributor learned this song from an old herd, who also played the fiddle. He is seventy-eight years of age.
Item Notes
Three verses of eight lines (verses two and three are inverted in this performance).
Words and music composed by Hamilton Nimmo (1836-1892).
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good