The Coat of Blue
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
March 1960
Track ID
52786
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.152.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
The singer is a proud policeman, admired by the Queen, and when he find someone very drunk or breaks up a fight he says, "Come a Russian Jew [Ciamar a tha sibh an diugh]."
Item Notes
4 verses with refrain. Macaronic, plays on the Gaelic greeting.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good