Auld Robin Gray
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.38.A17
Original Tape ID
Summary
Fragments of the opening verses of the song 'Auld Robin Gray', in which Jamie goes to sea to provide for his sweetheart.
Item Notes
2 verses; verse 1 has 4 lines; verse 2 has only 1 line. Composed by Lady Anne Lindsay (1750-1825), melody by William Leeves (1748-1880). The original melody selected by the author was an old Scots tune called 'The Bridegroom Greets (Grat) when the Sun Gaes (Gaed) Doon'.
See:
'Song Histories' (R. Ford, 1900) pp. 77-86
'Songs of Scotland' vol. 1 (G. F. Graham, 1854) pp. 20-21
'Scotish Songs' vol. 1 (J. Ritson, 1794, 1869) pp. 218-220
'The Scotish Minstrel' vol. 3 (R. A. Smith, 1823) pp. 30-31
'Songs of Scotland Prior to Burns' (R. Chambers, 1862) pp. 428-433
'Scottish Songs Ancient & Modern' (J. Gilchrist, 1865) pp. 200-201
'Lyric Gems of Scotland' vol. 1 (John Cameron, 1856) pp. 37-38
'Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs' vol. 2 (D. Herd, 1869, 1973) pp. 320-321
'The Scots Musical Museum' vol. 3 (J. Johnson, R. Burns, 1853) p. 256, no. 247
Murray Collection (Broadsides), Glasgow University Library, mu23-y4:029, mu23-y4:034
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Huntly
Village/Place - Huntly
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair