When the Kye Comes Hame
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.138.B2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This pastoral love song promotes the pleasures of courting over wealth and comfort.
Item Notes
4 verses of 4 lines, with a refrain of 2 lines; no refrain sung after verses 2 and 3. 'When The Kye Come Hame' (Roud Folk Song Index no. 12919) was written by 'The Ettrick Shepherd', James Hogg (1770-1835), and is sung to the tune of 'The Blathrie O't'.
See:
'Songs' (J. Hogg, 1831) pp. 51-55
'Herd Laddie o The Glen' (A. McMorland, 1988, 2006) pp. 37-38
'Lyric Gems of Scotland' vol. 1 (ed. John Cameron, 1856) p. 40
Murray Collection (Broadsides), Glasgow University Library, mu23-y4:028
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, L.C.Fol.70(5a) (1860-1890)
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good