Big Kilmarnock Bonnet
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.142.B5
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this comic song, a naive farm worker resolves to go to Glasgow, and is tricked by a friend into paying a visit to Katie Bain. She gets him drunk, robs him and leaves him wandering the streets. His misfortune continues when he falls into the Clyde, and is arrested by the police, resulting in sixty days in quad [prison]. He will never forget the trick played on him by Sandy Laing.
Item Notes
6 verses of 4 lines; chorus of 4 lines sung twice after verse 1 and once after all verses except verse 4.
The Kilmarnock bonnet is a distinctive hat originating from that famous weaving town.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, pp. 379-380, no. 296
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, L.C. Fol.70 (37b)
Item Location
County - Lanarkshire
Parish - Glasgow
Village/Place - Glasgow
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair