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Maybe I'll Be Mairrit Yet

Date
Track ID 21743
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.140.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1960.140

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

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R6210 GD798 R6278

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good