The Boatie Rows
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.257.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
The song is about a fishing family hoping for good fishing.
Alec Smith mentions a book, Eyre-Todd, 'Scottish Poetry of the Eighteenth Century', which contains - as poems - many of the songs he knows. He talks about some of them. He notes that John Ewen of Montrose is given as author of 'The Boatie Rows' and jokingly asserts it is a Buckie song.
Item Notes
Text transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 2 verses plus 2 refrains.
See:
'Scots Musical Museum' vol. 5 (Johnson) p. 438, no. 426
Recording Location (outside Scotland)
Australia
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good