The Pressers
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
01 April 1987
Track ID
83629
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1987.089
Original Tape ID
Summary
Woman's plaint song for her sweetheart who has been taken to sea by a press gang.
Item Notes
Guitar accompaniment. Although this song appears as 'The Pressers' in Mary Brooksbank's collection of poetry, 'Sidlaw Breezes', it is in fact a traditional song known variously as 'The Peer Rovin Lassie' or 'If I was a Blackbird'.
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good