O Wha's at the Window, Wha, Wha
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1956.45.A12
Original Tape ID
Summary
A recited fragment:
Oh, wha's at the window, wha?
Oh, wha's at the window, wha?
Bonnie Johnny has come
Tae steal bonnie Jeannie awa.
The contributor calls this "an old Miss MacPherson song".
Item Notes
Recited fragment of opening verse (4 lines). The words are by Paisley poet Alexander Carlile (1788-1860), the air by R. A. Smith.
See:
Greig-Duncan, vol 3, p. 471
'Poems' (A. Carlile, 1855)
'Paisley Poets' (R. Brown, 1889) p. 189
'Singing Island' (E. MacColl & P. Seeger, 1960) p. 7
'Songs of Scotland' vol. 2 (G. F. Graham, 1854) pp. 60-61
'The Poets and Poetry of Scotland' vol. 2 (J. G. Wilson, 1876) pp. 98-99
'Lyric Gems of Scotland' vol. 1 (comp. John Cameron, 1856) p. 155
'The Modern Scottish Minstrel' vol. IV (C. Rogers, 1857) pp. 253-254
'Scottish Song' (J. S. Blackie, 1889) pp. 135-136
'The Popular Songs of Scotland with Their Appropriate Melodies' (G. F.
Graham, 1887) pp. 328-329
Recording Location
County - Banffshire
Parish - Inveravon
Village/Place - Glenlivet
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good