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| :: Title :: |
Interview with Jimmy MacBeath about Hey Barra Gadgie and Romany cant |
| :: Genre :: |
interview, spoken |
| :: Performers & Instruments :: |
| Lomax, Alan [vocal] |
| MacBeath, Jimmy [vocal] |
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| :: 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
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| :: Date :: |
11/14/1953 |
| :: Reference Information :: |
T3437.0, Track 7 (00:09:25) |
| :: Original Format :: |
Reel to Reel
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| :: Session Notes :: |
| 1 - Interviews with and songs sung by Jimmy MacBeath. [Source: Editor] |
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| :: Recording Notes :: |
| 0 - MacBeath explains the cant lyrics to "Hey Barra Gadgie" and where he learned the song: "Up north among the real travelling class." Lomax and MacBeath discuss Romany cant. [Source: Editor] |
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| :: Collection :: |
Scotland 1951, 1953, and 1958 |
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