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The Back o Reres Hill

Date 21 March 1989
Track ID 80129
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1989.39.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1989.039

Summary

Seduction song in which the singer meets her old sweetheart in Dundee and is seduced by him on Reres Hill. She fears he will abandon her, but instead he proposes marriage, and she toasts both him and the fair that brought her to Dundee.

Item Notes

Recorded at the Edinburgh Folk Festival.

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Item Location

County - Angus

Parish - Dundee

Village/Place - Dundee, Broughty Ferry

Language

English

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R6847 GD1133

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good