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NEFA
1994.063.01 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: Swaggers
FL: Gin ye clean yer harness richt, ye're sure tae please them
a'
S: Several verses of the bothy song.
NEFA
1994.063.02 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: Farming background to The Lothian Hairst
S: Discussion of the binding quines, bandsters, who follow the
harvesters. Details about how the harvesters worked, in a team,
paid by the acre.
NEFA
1994.063.03 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: The Lothian Hairst
FL: On August first fae Aberdeen we sailed upon the Prince
S: Bothy song.
NEFA
1994.063.04 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: More background on The Lothian Hairst
S: The crew would travel by boat from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh.
Some discussion of the place of oats in the farm economy. There
were numerous products derived from oats.
NEFA
1994.063.05 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: Tatties
S: Discussion of the role of the potato in the Scottish diet
between the wars.
NEFA
1994.063.06
P: Jock Duncan
T: La Russe/ The Rose among the Heather
S: Diddling of dance tunes, including a Strathspey.
NEFA
1994.063.07 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: Diddling and dancing
S: Sometimes people would diddle to show an instrumentalist
how a tune goes. They used to have dances in lofts or barns. Talk
about cattle dealers going to the continent.
NEFA
1994.063.08 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: The Battle o Harlaw
FL: As I cam in by Dunnideer an doon by Netherha
S: Ballad. [Occasional halts. End of Side A.]
NEFA
1994.063.09 Transcription
P:
Jock Duncan
T: The Battle o Harlaw (cont.)
FL: Wi a dirramadoo a daddie-o, a durramadoo a day
S: Continuation of the ballad from previous track.
NEFA
1994.063.10 Transcription
P:
Jock Duncan
T: Background to JD's version of The Battle o Harlaw
S: JD got the words from a John Ord's Bothy Songs and Ballads,
but the way of singing it comes from his uncle Charlie. His last
verse comes from Gavin Greig's collection.
NEFA
1994.063.11 Transcription
P: Jock Duncan
T: Background history to The Battle o Harlaw
S: There used to be two obelisk memorials at Harlaw for the
women who came with the soldiers. More history on the clans involved.
JD got a lot of this history from Between Dee and Don.
NEFA
1994.063.12 Transcription
P:
Jock Duncan
T: Singing in front of a crowd and The Battle o Harlaw
S: It is so much easier to sing a big song, like The Battle
o Harlaw, in front of a crowd. More on the historical background
to the song.
NEFA
1994.063.13 Transcription
P:
Barbara-Ann Burnett
T: Oh for Friday Nicht
FL: Oh for Friday nicht, Friday hame an hummin
S: Poem by Charles Murray.
NEFA
1994.063.14 Transcription
P: Barbara-Ann Burnett
T: The Alford Cattle Show
FL: I'll ne'er forget the mornin fin the fairmer said, Noo loon
S: Bothy song by J. C. Wright of Midmar.
NEFA
1994.063.15 Transcription
P: Barbara-Ann Burnett
T: Oh for Friday Nicht
FL: Oh for Friday nicht, Friday hame an hummin
S: Poem by Charles Murray.
NEFA
1994.063.16
P: Elizabeth Stewart
T: Jigs
S: Piano tunes.
NEFA
1994.063.17
P: Elizabeth Stewart
T: 6/8 pipe march
S: Piano tunes.
NEFA
1994.063.18
P: Elizabeth Stewart
T: Pipe march
S: Piano tunes.
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