The Laird o Tomintoul
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
55301
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.142.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
A comic song featuring Dougal McHardy MacIntyre, the self-important and self-styled 'Laird o Tomintoul'.
Item Notes
2 verses and choruses of 4 lines followed by spoken monologue and final repeat of chorus.
A cassette of songs performed by Willie Kemp (1888–1965), called 'Mair Fun Wi Willie' (Sleepytown Records, 2000), attributes this song to Thomson/Davidson; the original song was released on Beltona records some time in the 1930s.
See:
'Come Gie's a Sang' (S. Douglas, 1995) pp. 102-103
Item Subject/Person
MacIntyre, Dougal McHardy, Laird of Tomintoul
Item Location
County - Banffshire
Parish - Kirkmichael
Village/Place - Tomintoul
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair