The Woods of Blairmore
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.18.B2 (B11)
Original Tape ID
Summary
Verses written by Willie Mathieson for his wife.
At Willie Mathieson's request, Hamish Henderson reads a love poem that Willie wrote in 1935 for his second wife, Barbara, on their Silver Wedding anniversary. In it he remembers his first sight of her and his long walks to court her. They married on the 26th May. He talks of his children. It ends, "On my wife I've penned these lines and I winna tell a lee, for I will loe my bonny wife until the day I dee."
Barbara Mathieson, from whom Willie got many of his ballads, died in Auchterless on 30th May 1951. He asked Hamish to read the poem in her memory and in memory of their friendship and love of the ballads.
Item Notes
8 verses.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Ellon
Village/Place - Ellon
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good