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Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1956.45.A11
Original Tape ID
Summary
Jock Milne o Livet's Glen received a tenancy that he wanted after composing the following verses:
The rich man's mean an hard,
They wouldna grant a poor man a kailyard [cabbage patch].
The tenants wish an wish in vain
For the noble Gordons back again.
Well had it gone by the male race
No English lord dare hauld his place,
For had it gone by the male line
Oor duke wad been brave lord o Boyne.
Afterwards the poet said, alluding to two farmers that he thought had been instrumental in frustrating him:
Had I been a such as Lettoch or Belno,
I'd got that yard long long ago.
Item Notes
Most of the Gordon estates passed in 1836 to an English lord, through the childless 4th duke's elder sister. Farmers in Scotland are generally known by the name of their farms.
Item Subject/Person
Milne, John [Jock Milne o Livet's Glen]; Gordon family
Recording Location
County - Banffshire
Parish - Inveravon
Village/Place - Glenlivet
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good