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Gin I Were Where the Gadie Rins

Date 1960
Track ID 77880
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.175.A7

Original Tape ID

SA1960.175.176

Summary

The singer longs to be where the Gadie Burn runs behind the hill of Bennachie.

Item Notes

Fragment, 2 verses, 3 choruses. Homeland song, tragic ballad.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 413-416
Ord pp. 347-348

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Old Deer

Village/Place - Fetterangus

Item Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Village/Place - Gadie Burn

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R5404 GD1222

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good