The Lassie Gaitherin Nuts
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
04 May 1970
Track ID
66465
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1970.69
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this bawdy song, a girl falls asleep in the woods, and is taken advantage of by three men passing by.
Item Notes
4 verses of 4 lines (last line of each verse repeated). This song first appeared in Robert Burns' collection of bawdy songs 'The Merry Muses of Caledonia' (1799, pp. 109-110); it was later included by Ewan MacColl in his 'Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland' (1965, p. 55), from where Jeannie Robertson acquired it, later passing it on to her daughter Lizzie Higgins.
See also:
'In Memory of Lizzie Higgins' (MTCD337-8, notes by I. Olson, 2006)
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good