Yowie With the Crookit Horn
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
77882
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.175.A8
Original Tape ID
Summary
The singer is mourning the ewe with the crooked horn, which has been stolen.
Item Notes
2 verses with chorus. Song about an illicit still (the ewe with the crooked horn). Lucy Stewart's version of this song is on 'Songs of Animals' (Caedmon TC 1225; Topic 12T 198), and the text is published in Kennedy, 'Folksongs of Britain & Ireland' (1975).
See also:
'Scots Musical Museum' vol. 3 (Johnson) pp. 302-303, no. 293
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 1 (Ford) pp. 87-90
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good