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Drumallochie

Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID 21387
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1975.236.B10

Original Tape ID

SA1975.236

Summary

On a cold November night on the banks of the River Don the singer meets a girl lamenting the absence of her lover. She is more beautiful than Mary Queen of Scots and he proposes to her but she refuses, saying she has waited seven years for her lover and will wait another seven. When he turns to go he hears her weep and say that if her love was here he would look like him but he is far away.

Item Notes

7 verses. Love song of lost love and a faithful sweetheart.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 5, pp. 448-457
Ord pp. 34-37

Recording Location

County - Kinross-shire

Parish - Kinross

Village/Place - Kinross

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R2481 GD1043

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair