Alan Lomax Archive

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:: Title ::

Hey Barra Gadgie

:: Genre ::

Scots traveller song

:: Performers & Instruments ::

MacBeath, Jimmy [vocal]

:: Setting ::

Probably Alan Lomax's flat

:: Location ::

London (None), London (England)

:: Language ::

Scots

:: Culture ::

Scottish, Lowland Scots, Aberdonian, Scottish Traveller

:: Session ::

Jimmy MacBeath 11/53

:: Date ::

11/14/1953

:: Reference Information ::

T3437.0, Track 6 (00:01:16)

:: Original Format ::

Reel to Reel

:: Session Notes ::

1 - Interviews with and songs sung by Jimmy MacBeath. [Source: Editor]

:: Recording Notes ::

0 - Sung in cant, the Scots traveller vernacular. [Source: Editor]

:: Collection ::

Scotland 1951, 1953, and 1958