The Laird o Drum
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Unknown Person
Date
1987
Track ID
83014
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1987.128
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this ballad, the Laird of Drum encounters a young woman shearing [reaping] in a field, and asks her father's permission to marry her. The Laird takes the girl to his castle, where his brother John reproaches him for his choice of a poor girl for a spouse. The Laird retorts that his last wife was of too high a degree. When the couple are lying in bed, the new Lady of Drum tells her husband that, despite her lowly origins, they are now equal.
Stanley Robertson learned the song from his mother.
Item Subject/Person
Irvine, Alexander; Coutts, Margaret
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Drumoak
Village/Place - Drum Castle
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good