The Braes o Killiecrankie

Contributors

Robertson, Jeannie, 1908-1975 (525)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10) Folkarde, A. (3090)

Date

Track ID 45771

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1959.82.A10

Original Tape ID

SA1959.082

Summary

This short comic song outlines a disastrous meeting of two lovers, during which the man sits upon a thistle, and the woman's undergarments fall down or burst open.

Item Notes

Similar to a Harry Lauder recording of 1911 called 'Killiecrankie', about a "lass o Killiecrankie" called Jean MacPhail. The "Jean McNeil is fair and fat" lines appear in Lauder's 'Jean McNeil' from 1927. Available at: [[cylinders.library.ucsb.edu (accessed 10 April 2009).
See:
'Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice' (Porter & Gower, 1995) pp. 201-202

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Kirknewton

Village/Place - Linburn

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Moulin

Village/Place - Killiecrankie

Language

Scots

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good