Ten Thousand Miles Away

Original Track ID

SA1956.45.A23

Original Tape ID

SA1956.045

Summary

Recited fragments of the song 'Ten Thousand Miles Away' in which a man recalls when his sweetheart was transported:

Twas on a dark and stormy night when last I saw my Peg,
She'd a government band around each hand and anither around each leg,
Anither around each leg, my boys, and all her clothes were grey,
She's doing a grand on the distant land ten thousand miles away.

He vows to follow her:

I'll catch the morning train, I'll cross the raging main,
I'll stay no more on Scotland's shore, so let the music play.

Item Notes

1 stanza of 4 lines and another of 2 lines.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 79-82

Recording Location

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R1778 GD1102

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good