Twas Early Early All in the Spring
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.07.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
Early in the spring the young man leaves for sea. He writes to his sweetheart but she does not reply. Through battles and dangers he still thinks of her. He returns home, but her father tells him that his daughter is married. He curses false lovers who marry for riches, and gives up women.
Willie Mathieson learned the song from Jimmy Jaffray.
Item Notes
Text and music transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 9 verses. Jimmy Jaffrey was third horseman at Drakemyre when Willie Mathieson was in his teens.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 1, pp. 108-110
'English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians' (Cecil Sharp) II
p. 151
Willie Mathieson's MSS I:227
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Ellon
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good