Shepherd On Yon Hill
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
77124
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.151.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
The woman is in love with a shepherd. He leaves her father's house on a dark and stormy night to go and tend his sheep. He does not return and searchers find his body at the foot of the hill with his dogs beside him. She vows never to marry.
Item Notes
8 verses.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 499-504
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 2 (Ford) pp. 162-164
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Strichen
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good