Callieburn
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1971.190.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
The singer and his friend John Blair are about to leave their Argyll home for America. He expresses his love for Machrihanish and for his parents and his regrets at leaving them.
Hamish Henderson introduces Willie Scott as kinsman and clansman of Sir Walter Scott and says this song was learned by him from an Argyll man but he has put another, and better, tune to it.
Item Notes
5 verses with chorus.
See:
'Tocher' 25 (1977) pp. 41-42
'A Collection of Scots Songs' (A. Munro & H. Henderson, 1972) p. 6
'Herd Laddie o the Glen' (A. McMorland, 1988) p. 55
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Argyllshire
Parish - Campbeltown
Village/Place - Callieburn
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good