Border ballads and history

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1986.140

Original Tape ID

SA1986.140

Summary

Border ballads and history.

Discussion of various aspects of Borders history and the Borders song tradition, including the origins of the names Turnbull and Armstrong; Lord Soulis and Hermitage Castle; Mary Queen of Scots and Bothwell; and the ballad 'Jamie Telfer o the Fair Dodheid'.

Language

Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good