Rise up Guid Wife and Shak yer Feathers
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
27 November 1976
Track ID
39809
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.256.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
Alexander Smith recites then sings the song that children used to sing at New Year when he was a boy [in Buckie]:
Rise up guid wife and shak yer feathers,
Dinna think that we are beggars,
We're wee bairnies come to play,
Rise up and gie's wur Hogmanay.
Hogmanay's a bawbee [halfpenny], a bawbee, a bawbee,
Hogmanay's a bawbee to greet the New Year.
Item Notes
Transcribed in School of Scottish Studies.
Non Scottish Recording Location
Australia
Item Location
County - Banffshire
Parish - Rathven
Village/Place - Buckie
Non Scottish Recording Location
Astràilia
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good