Andrew Lammie
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1974.147.1
Original Tape ID
Summary
The miller of Tifty's beautiful daughter, Annie, falls in love with Andrew Lammie, the trumpeter of Lord Fyvie, the local landowner. Her father disapproves because Lammie is not good enough and is suspected of the black arts. He goes to Edinburgh and she says she will be dead before he returns. While he is gone she is beaten by her parents and her brother breaks her back. She dies still loving Andrew and when he comes back he vows to die for her.
In a comment before singing Sheila Stewart praises the statue of Andrew and Annie in Fyvie graveyard.
Item Notes
13 verses. Fratricide ballad. Commanding performance, and the full version from which the extract on the 'Muckle Sangs' album is taken.
See:
'Minstrelsy Ancient & Modern' (Motherwell) pp. 239-251,
Greig-Duncan vol. 5, pp. 300-312
Item Subject/Person
Lammie, Andrew; Smith, Agnes
Recording Location
County - Perthshire
Parish - Rattray
Village/Place - Rattray
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Fyvie
Village/Place - Mill o Tifty
Language
Scots
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good