The Deadly Wars
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1965
Track ID
28650
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.165.A6
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song, "a puir but honest sodger" returns from war and travels homeward, with his thoughts on his sweetheart, Nancy, and "the bewitching smile / That caught 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:
'Sing Out!' Magazine, July/Aug. 1975, Issue 24 p. 23
'Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice' (J. Porter & H. Gower, 1995) pp. 167-168
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair