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The Ball of Kirriemuir

Date
Track ID 55293
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.142.A10

Original Tape ID

SA1960.142

Summary

A comic song about the drunken antics of the revellers at the Ball of Kirriemuir.

Item Notes

7 verses of 4 lines. Drunken revelry notwithstanding, this version lacks the bawdy elements common in other versions.

See:
Kerr's Cornkisters' (W. Kemp & J. S. Kerr, 1950) pp. 40-41
'Till Doomsday in the Afternoon' (E. MacColl & P. Seeger, 1986) pp. 209-211

Item Location

County - Angus

Parish - Kirriemuir

Village/Place - Kirriemuir

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R4828

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair