Maybe I'll Be Mairrit Yet
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
21743
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.140.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song, a young woman hopes to marry her sweetheart and be whisked away. Despite having been badly treated by those around her, she will be gracious to them when she is wealthy.
Item Notes
5 verses of 4 lines, with a vocable chorus of 4 lines.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, pp. 184-187, no. 798
'Traditional Ballad Airs' vol. 2 (W. Christie, 1881) pp. 40, 58-59
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. XVIII
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good