Adieu to Bogieside
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1954.91.B9
Original Tape ID
Summary
Assist me aa ye muses, my downcast spirits raise
And join me in full chorus to sing brave Huntly's praise.
It was delightful for tae hear [tape break]
I bid farewell tae Huntly, and adieu tae Bogieside.
Hamish Henderson asks if Geordie Robertson knows what the song is about, suggesting it was about a young farmer trying to terrorise his father. Geordie agrees. The last time he heard the song, it was sung by an old man and the tune is the one the man had.
Item Notes
Fragment, 4 lines only. Said to have been written by John Riddel of New Deer, who went to London after spending time at Strathbogie.
See:
Greig-Duncan, vol. 8, pp. 15-26, no. 1517
'In Memory of Lizzie Higgins 1929-1993' CD (Musical Traditions, MTCD337-8, 2006, disc 1, track 8). NB The Greig-Duncan reference given in the notes to this disc is wrong, instead giving that of 'Bogie's Bonnie Bell'.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Huntly
Village/Place - Huntly
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good