The Deadly Wars
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
September 1960
Track ID
64515
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.200
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song, a poor but honest soldier returns from war and travels homeward, with his thoughts on his sweetheart, Nancy, and the bewitching smile that caught his youthful fancy.
Item Notes
4 verses of 4 lines. This song is derived from Robert Burns' 'When Wild War's Deadly Blast'. Jeannie Roberston sings Burns' first 2 verses, singing his 8-line stanzas as 4 quatrains. She sings the song to the first part of the tune Burns suggested, 'The Mill, Mill, O!'.
See:
'Sing Out! Magazine' 24 (July/Aug 1975) p. 23
'The Songs of Robert Burns' (J. C. Dick, 1903) pp. 244-245
'Jeannie Robertson' (J. Porter & H. Gower, 1995) pp. 167-168
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good