I to Newhills

Contributors

Mathieson, Willie, 1879-1958 (464)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10)

Date January 1952

Track ID 1901

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.03.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1952.003

Summary

The young man fees [is hired] at Newhills and complains that the bread is thick, and the brose is thin with little barley in it.

Willie Mathieson heard the song at the threshing.

Item Notes

Text and music transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. Only 4 verses sung (to an 8-line tune); 11 in Willie Mathieson's MS.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, pp. 68-70
Ord pp. 257-258
Willie Mathieson's MSS 1:65

Item Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Newhills

Village/Place - Sclattie

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good