The Hash o Benagoak
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
55299
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.142.B2
Original Tape ID
Summary
A bothy ballad describing the various members of the hash [workforce] on Belnagoak Farm.
Item Notes
12 couplets with vocable refrain. A song by the famous bothy balladeer G. S. Morris (1876-1958).
Hill of Belnagoak is located three miles north east of Methlick in Aberdeenshire.
See:
'Kerr's Buchan Bothy Ballads' vol. 2 (G. S. Morris & J. S. Kerr, 1957) pp. 30-31
'Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland' (E. MacColl & P. Seeger, 1977) pp. 315-316
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Methlick
Village/Place - Belnagoak (farm)
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair