The Cameronian Cat

Contributors

Unknown Person

Mitchell, William Sinclair, 1904-1986 (2175)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10) Argo, Arthur, 1935-1981 (2604)

Date August 1968

Track ID 47582

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.312.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1968.312

Summary

A fragment of the religious satire song 'The Cameronian Cat', in which a cat is executed by its Presbyterian master for breaking the Sabbath by killing a mouse:

The minister was unco [ra?]
And unto him did say,
"O wild perverted wicked cat,
To break the sabbath day."

Item Notes

1 verse of 4 lines.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, p. 582
'Scotland Sings' (E. MacColl, 1953) pp. 116-117
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 2 (R. Ford, 1901) pp. 220-221
'Miscellanea of the Rymour Club' vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1906-1911) p. 33
'The Jacobite Relics of Scotland' (J. Hogg, 1819) pp. 37-38, 209, no. XXII

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Blairgowrie

Village/Place - Blairgowrie

Language

English, Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair