Wee Daft Article

Contributors

MacColl, Ewan, 1915-1989 (766)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10) Anthony, James Kent Farmer, 1921-2003 (604)

Date

Track ID 41619

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.243.A3c

Original Tape ID

SA1953.243

Summary

A song collected in Paisley [by A. L. Lloyd]:

Awa ye wee daft article,
Ye arena worth a particle,
For common sense it takes tae mak a man.
Ye're no the size o tuppence
An yir income's only thruppence,
Ye maybe think ye'll get a wife,
But ye'll no get Mary Ann.

Item Notes

1 verse of 8 lines.

A fragment of a comic song in which a young woman describes the poor suitor she has rejected.

See:
'Tocher' 22 (1976) p. 247
'Scotland Sings' (E. MacColl, 1953) p. 43
'Sam Henry's Songs of the People' (G. Huntington, 1990) p. 257

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair