Up and Awa wi the Laverock
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
16 November 1973
Track ID
81917
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1973.174
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song describes the pleasures of line-fishing, and gives locations where good fish are to be found. The singer rises with the laverock [lark] in the morning and takes to the hills.
This song was composed by Lizzie Higgins' family friend, Andy Hunter.
Item Notes
Composed by Andy Hunter, set to the third and fourth parts of the pipe-tune 'The Jig of Slurs' by G. S. MacLennan.
See:
Notes 'In Memory of Lizzie Higgins' (MTCD337-8) (I. Olson, 2006)
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair