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Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms/My Home (Mo Dhachaidh)/Unknown/Unknown/The Marquis of Huntly's Farewell

Date 21 October 1987
Track ID 86824
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1987.86.B7a; SA1987.86.B7b; SA1987.86.B7c

Original Tape ID

SA1987.086

Summary

Two song airs and a dirge, played by Sam Smith on the fiddle and Steve Sutcliffe on the concertina.

Followed by a fragment of a tune that Bobby MacLeod (local dance band leader) plays. Sam Smith and Jo Miller then play a fragment of 'The Marquis of Huntly's Farewell'. Sam mentions his playing partner, Tom Murray.

Item Notes

'The Marquis of Huntly's Farewell' composed by William Marshall (1748-1833).

Item Subject/Person

Murray, Tom

Language

English, Gaelic, Scots

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good