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The Wee Bit Slippery Stane

Date March 1960
Track ID 55270
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.163.B4

Original Tape ID

SA1960.163

Summary

The song warns everyone that fortune, good or ill, affects everyone; no one is immune and people should be ready to help each other.

Item Notes

4 verses. The first verse is sung again to a different tune on the next track on the same tape (SA1960.163.B5).

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, p. 558

Non Scottish Recording Location

England, Surrey, Epsom

Non Scottish Recording Location

Sasainn, Surrey, Epsom

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R6092 GD666

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good