Oor Fairm Toon
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.142.A12
Original Tape ID
Summary
The singer of this bothy song describes some of the workforce at the farm where he works, including a "sonsie [comely] kitchen lass", and a baillie [cattleman] who is "bandy-legged and pirn-taed [pigeon-toed]". The men are up early every day, but have only brose for breakfast. We hear of some of the technological improvements at the farm. The farmer's wife is strict with the men, and the singer will curtail his song in case she hears what he is saying.
Item Notes
7 verses of 4 lines. Gavin Greig credits a Mr Laird of Memsie, near Fraserburgh, with the authorship of this song.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, p. 110
'Tocher' 36/37 (1981-1982) pp. 423-424
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. XCII
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair