The Deadly Wars

Contributors

Robertson, Jeannie, 1908-1975 (525)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10)

Date June 1962

Track ID 24639

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1962.24.B10

Original Tape ID

SA1962.024

Summary

In this song, "a puir but honest sodger" returns from war and travels homeward, with his thoughts on his sweetheart, Nancy, and "the carefree smile / That had won my youthful fancy".

Item Notes

4 verses of 4 lines.

This song is derived from Robert Burns' song, 'When Wild War's Deadly Blast'; Jeannie Roberston sings Burns' first 2 verses, singing his 8-line stanzas as 4 quatrains; she sings the song to the first part of the tune Burns suggested: 'The Mill, Mill, O!'.

See:
'Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice' (J. Porter
& H. Gower, 1995) pp. 167-168
'Sing Out! Magazine' 24 (July/Aug 1975) p. 23

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Blairgowrie

Item Location

County - Ayrshire

Village/Place - Kyle (Ancient district of Ayrshire)

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair