Glenlogie

Original Track ID

SA1952.24.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1952.024

Summary

In this ballad, Jeannie of Bethelnie falls in love with Lord John Glenlogie. She tells him she loves him but he says her dowry is too small. She becomes ill and her father's clerk writes to Glenlogie. Conscience-stricken, he rides back to Bethelnie.

Mr Strachan had farmed Bethelnie, and his brother had it after him. He admired the Gordon family, including Lord Aberdeen. They were out in the '45. Mr Strachan asserts that a Gordon was a sweetheart of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Item Notes

Text transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 11 verses.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 5, pp. 106-117
Ord pp. 412-415

Recording Location

Item Location

Language

Scots

Genre

Song Information

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R101 GD973 C238

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good