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:: Title ::

Johnny Destiny-O

:: Genre ::

ballad, topical song

:: Performers & Instruments ::

Blythman, Morris [vocal]

Henderson, Hamish [vocal]

Unidentified woman [vocal]

:: Setting ::

Unspecified

:: Location ::

Glasgow (Lanarkshire), Central (Scotland)

:: Language ::

Scots

:: Culture ::

Scottish, Lowland Scots

:: Session ::

Glasgow 6/51

:: Date ::

6/16/1951

:: Reference Information ::

T3374.0, Track 8 (00:05:25)

:: Original Format ::

Reel to Reel

:: Session Notes ::

1 - Recordings of schoolteacher Morris Blythman's topical ballads concerning the "stolen" (or recovered) Stone of Destiny. [Source: Editor]

:: Recording Notes ::

0 - A nationalist song of Scotland's heroes, including the men who "recovered" the Stone of Scone. [Source: Editor]

:: Collection ::

Scotland 1951, 1953, and 1958