The Banff and Buchan Collection

Hame tae Buchan, a cassette of local traditions and performers, recorded by Duncan Simpson.

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NEFA 1993.009.01      
T: Birdsong

NEFA 1993.009.02   Transcription
T: Ae Fine Spring Day
FL: Ae fine spring day I taen the road when a' thing wis sae bonnie

NEFA 1993.009.03
T: Moothie tunes

NEFA 1993.009.04   Transcription    
P: Peter Buchan
T: Far's a' the Happy Loons
FL: Far's a' the happy loons
S: Poem.

NEFA 1993.009.05    
P: Fiddler
T: Tunes
S: Fiddle with piano.

NEFA 1993.009.06    Transcription
P: Flora Garry
T: Suffie
FL: A fish creel wi a wife aneth't
S: Poem with bird song sound in background.

NEFA 1993.009.07    Transcription    
P: Frank McNally
T: Drumdelgie
FL: There's a fermtoon up in Cyarnie that's kent baith far an wide
S: Bothy song with horse and cart sounds.

NEFA 1993.009.08    Transcription
P: Peter Buchan
T: Blue Moggins
FL: Well, div ye ken fit a moggin is?
S: The guttin quines wore sleeves of blue to protect their arms.

NEFA 1993.009.09    Transcription    
P: Two women
T: Turning heels
FL: Come awa in by, I thocht it wis the soun o your fit
S: Dialogue between two women incorporating information on life and traditions.

NEFA 1993.009.10    
P: Fiddles
T: Air
S: Two fiddles and piano.

NEFA 1993.009.11    Transcription
P: Young girl
T: The Laddie that Wears the Plaid
FL: I winna loo the laddie that ca's the cairt an ploo

NEFA 1993.009.12    Transcription
P: Flora Garry
T: The Aul Wall
FL: Come oot o that, ye puddlin vratch
S: Poem.

NEFA 1993.009.13    
T: Moothie tunes

NEFA 1993.009.14    Transcription
P: Flora Garry
T: Benagoak
FL: Midder's growin aul an deen
S: Poem (extract).

NEFA 1993.009.15    
T: Moothie tunes

NEFA 1993.009.16    Transcription
P: Peter Buchan
T: A Cannie Lee
FL: There's a cannie lee fae the sou-wast wind
S: Poem.

NEFA 1993.009.17    Transcription
T: The Moss o Burreldale
FL: Hiv ye iver seen a tinkers camp upon a simmer's nicht
S: Bothy song.

NEFA 1993.009.18    Transcription
P: ????
T: Geordie Wabster
FL: Weel Geordie Wabster, fit excuse the day?
S: Poem in dialogue.

NEFA 1993.009.19    Transcription
P: Fiddles
T: The Smith's a Gallant Fireman/ Reel
S: Two fiddles and piano.

NEFA 1993.009.20    Transcription
P: Flora Garry
T: Waitin for the Ploo[?]
FL: She promised weel eneuch, a hivvy crap
S: Poem.

NEFA 1993.009.21    Transcription
P: Frank McNally
T: The Dying Ploughboy
FL: The gloamin winds are sighin saft
S: Bothy song.

NEFA 1993.009.22    Transcription
T: The Lord's Prayer
FL: The Lord's my shepherd, I shall not want
S: Church congregation (fading up), with environmental sound effects.

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