Poor Gracie is Dead
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.141.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
A ring game:
Poor Gracie she's dead and she lies in her grave,
Lies in her grave, lies in her grave,
Poor Gracie she's dead and she lies in her grave,
Lies in her grave.
[Likewise:]
We planted an apple tree over her head ...
The apples are ripe and beginning to fall ...
There came an old woman and pickit them up ...
Poor Gracie she rose and she gave her a push ...
The old woman rose and she hippity-hop ...
Item Notes
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, p. 152
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 55
'Golden City' (J. T. Ritchie, 1965) pp. 158-160
'The Singing Game' (P. & I. Opie, 1985) pp. 250-253
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) p. 123
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair