The Laird o Drum
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1977
Track ID
89756
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1977.004
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.
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