Banks of Sweet Dundee

Original Track ID

SA1952.20.A8

Original Tape ID

SA1952.020

Summary

In this song a girl is left orphaned but wealthy in the care of her uncle. She falls in love with a ploughboy, but her uncle wants to marry her to a rich squire. He arranges for the press gang to take William.

Mr Hay got the song at Kinminty.

Item Notes

4 verses. Mr Hay hoped to recall more later.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, pp. 137-145; and cf. vol. 5, pp. 478-479, which is a sequel
Ord p. 406

Recording Location

Language

Scots

Genre

Song Information

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R148 GD224 LM25

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair