The Tocherless Lass
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1969
Track ID
4153
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1969.187.A13
Original Tape ID
Summary
A song in which a tocherless lass [a girl without a dowry] yearns to be reunited with her true love, who is far away across the sea.
Item Notes
Three verses. Sung in harmony. This is an English translation of the Gaelic song 'Gun Chrodh Gun Aighean'. See' The Celtic Lyre' (Edinburgh, 1885) song no. 10.
Recording Location
County - Peeblesshire
Parish - Peebles
Village/Place - Peebles
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good