Bonny Rocks of Gibraltar

Contributors

Stewart, Lucy, 1901-1982 (580)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10)

Date

Track ID 29127

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1955.69.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1955.069

Summary

On his wedding night the young man is wakened by a ship's captain who tells him to come with him.

Item Notes

1 verse sung twice by request. Press-gang song.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 99-100
Ord pp. 330-331
Herd, 'Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs' (1869, 1973) vol. 2, p. 2

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Blairgowrie

Village/Place - Blairgowrie

Item Location (outside Scotland)

Spain, Gibraltar

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair