Jock Tamson's Tripe
Fieldworkers
Date
23 August 1972
Track ID
31280
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1972.158.A8b
Original Tape ID
Summary
Contributors recount the story of the song 'Jock Tamson's Tripe': Jock Tamson returns home after drinking whisky one night, and looks forward to enjoying the tripe that his mother always leaves him. This night however, Jock's mother had been steeping her mutches (caps) in water, and Jock mistakes this for tripe, gulping it down.
Item Notes
Recited fragments of various verses, interspersed with narrative.
See:
'The Scottish Folksinger' (N. Buchan & P. Hall, 1973) pp. 118-119
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, L.C.Fol.70(115a) (Poet's Box, Dundee, 1880-1900)
Recording Location
Village/Place - Galloway
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair