Will Ye Gang Love
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
77122
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.151.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
The woman sees her lover combing his hair and speaks of her longing for him. She rebukes him for his desertion and wishes she were still a maiden. She wishes her baby was born and on its father's knee and that she were dead and in her long deep grave with a turtle dove on her stone.
Item Notes
6 verses with refrain.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 377-379
Ord pp. 408-410
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Strichen
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good