Recorded September 1959 at Linburn (Scottish National Institution for War Blinded);
Engineer Sandy Folkarde of the School of Scottish Studies;
Photograph by K.S. Goldstein

Musicians

Jimmy McBeath: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Come A’ Ye Tramps an’ Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487)
2. Nicky Tams (Roud 1875)

Side 2

3. The Moss o Burreldale (Roud 1876)
4. The Gallant Forty-Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70)

Recorded by Sean Davies in his studio at Cecil Sharp House, Camden Town, London, 1966 or 1967;
Notes by Peter Hall;
Cover photograph by Brian Shuel

Digital booklet by Topic Records

Musicians

Jimmy McBeath: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Bold English Navvy (Navvy’ Boots, Wi’ His Navvy Boots on, or With My Navvy Boots on) (Roud 516; G/D 4:787)
2. Come A’ Ye Tramps an’ Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487)
3. Johnny McIndoe (Roud 3390)
4. The Wind Blew the Bonnie Lassie’s Plaidie Awa’ (Roud 2574; G/D 7:1413)
5. The Merchant and the Beggar Maid (The Beggar Wench, or The Merchants Son) (Roud 2153; G/D 2:303; TYG 65)
6. Nicky Tams (Roud 1875)
7. The Barnyards of Delgaty (Roud 2136; G/D 3:347)

Side 2

8. I’m a Stranger in This Country (The Darger Loon) (Roud 3388; G/D 4:832)
9. The Moss o Burreldale (Roud 1876)
10. The Highlandman’s Ball (The Hielan Man’s Fancy Ball) (Roud 3389)
11. MacPherson’s Rant (MacPherson’s Lament) (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697)
12. Grat for Gruel (Roud 935)
13. Drumdelgie (The Hairst of Drumdelgie) (Roud 2180; G/D 3:384)
14. Wild Rover No More (The Wild Rover) (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480)

Tracks 6-7 are also on Come All My Lads That Follow the Plough (VotP 5, TSCD655, 1998);
Tracks 1, 4 are also on Who’s That at My Bed Window? (VotP 10, TSCD660, 1998);
Track 3 is also on Troubles They Are But Few (VotP 14, TSCD664, 1998);
Track 8 is also on As Me and My Love Sat Courting (VotP 15, TSCD665, 1998);
Track 2 is also on There Is a Man Upon the Farm (VotP 20, TSCD670, 1998);
Track 12 is also on The Bothy Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland Vol. 3 (Sleepytown SLPYCD011, 2001);
Track 4 is also on Three Score and Ten (TOPIC70, 2009);

Recorded by Peter Hall in a private house in Scotland, 19-21 July 1971;
Produced by Peter Hall and Tony Engle;
Notes by Peter Hall;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle;
Photography by Brian Shuel

Digital booklet by Topic Records

Musicians

Jimmy McBeath: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Bound to Be a Row (Roud 1616; G/D 7:1287) (2.36)
2. The Banks of Inverurie (Roud 1415; G/D 6:1263) (2.17)
3. Ythanside (Roud 3783; G/D 5:951) (1.40)
4. Erin Go Bragh (Roud 1627; Laws Q20; G/D 2:236) (2.11)
5. Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (1.43)
6. The Cow Wi’ the Iron Tail (Roud 5141) (1.41)
7. Arlin’s Fine Braes (Roud 517; G/D 3:415) (2.06)
8. The Bonny Lass o’ Fyvie (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (3.40)

Side 2

9. Pittenweem Jo (Roud 5142) (2.03)
10. You Canna Put It On to Sandy (Roud 5143) (2.30)
11. The Boston Smuggler (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (2.21)
12. Hielan’ Rory (Roud 5146) (1.55)
13. The Magdalen Green (Roud 2893) (3.03)
14. Marnin’ Fair (Roud 5144; G/D 4:885) (2.37)
15. The Feeing Time (Roud 2516; G/D 4:883) (1.51)

Track 8 is also on Come Let Us Buy the Licence (VotP 1, TSCD651, 1998);
Track 10 is also on First I’m Going to Sing You a Ditty (VotP 7, TSCD657, 1998);
Track 12 is also on Troubles They Are But Few (VotP 14, TSCD664, 1998);
Track 7 is also on There Is a Man Upon the Farm (VotP 20, TSCD670, 1998);
Track 10 is also on The Bothy Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland Vol. 4 (Sleepytown SLPYCD012, 2009);

Recorded 1951-57 by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson;
Introduction and notes by Ewan McVicar

Musicians

Jimmy McBeath: vocals;
Davie Stewart: vocals, accordion

Tracks

CD 1

1. [DS] The Merchant’s Son (Roud 2153; G/D 2:303; TYG 65) (3.26)
2. [DS] Cowpin the Dishes (interview) (4.25)
3. [JMcB] Hey Barra Gadgie (a song in cant) (1.16)
4. [JMcB] It Wis a Beggin That We Did (interview) (0.41)
5. [JMcB] Kindness from a Policeman (interview) (3.10)
6. [JMcB] Grat for Gruel (Roud 935) (2.29)
7. [DS] How To Build a Bender (interview) (6.08)
8. [JMcB] Chantin Griddlin, and Laldyin (interview with two song fragments) (8.35)
9. [DS] The Day We Went to Rothesay-O (Roud 2142) (3.24)
10. [DS] Playing for an All-Night Hooley (interview) (6.09)
11. [DS] March, Strathspey and Reel (accordion) (1.32)
12. [DS] Were You Always Alone? (interview) (3.50)
13. [JMcB] The Forfar Sodger (Roud 2857; G/D 1:69) (2.41)
14. [DS] They Put a Different Turn in Their Tunes / Diddling (interview) (2.32)
15. [DS] Outside, on the Safe Side (interview) (1.39)
16. [JMcB] The Ox and the Fox Dug a Hole for Me (story) (2.59)
17. [DS] It’s a Long Drow at the End (interview) (2.20)
18. [DS] Old Bodies, Five or Six Pounds Each (berker story) (3.09)
19. [DS] Did they Kill Children As Well? (berker story continued) (10.09)

CD 2

1. [JMcB] My Darling Ploughman Boy (Roud 843; Laws M22; G/D 3:413, 6:1117) (1.54)
2. [JMcB] From the Top of the Deck (interview) (3.18)
3. [JMcB] Ah Likit Ma Mother (interview with four song fragments) (3.46)
4. [JMcB] He Used to Diddle a Lot o Songs (interview) (2.22)
5. [DS] We Are Called the Buchan Stewarts (interview) (4.43)
6. [DS] Dark-Eyed Lover (Roud 16637) (2.34)
7. [JMcB] It Wis a Slave Drivery (interview) (2.46)
8. [JMcB] The Barnyards of Delgaty (Roud 2136; G/D 3:347) (2.51)
9. [JMcB] Singin Along at Their Plough (interview) (5.37)
10. [DS] The Laird o Dainty Doonby (Roud 864; G/D 7:1488) (3.08)
11. [JMcB] The Horseman’s Grip and Word (ritual initiation story) (5.10)
12. [JMcB] It Wis Torn, Rippit, Tattered (song fragment and interview) (3.04)
13. [JMcB] The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470) (3.32)
14. [DS] The Story Lives Forever (a story of fairy abduction) (19.24)

Recorded by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson, see below for details;
Produced by Alan Lomax;
All tracks except 1, 7, 9, 11 are previously unreleased.

Musical Traditions CD review by Vic Smith

Musicians

Jimmy McBeath: vocals;
John Strachan and others: chorus [6, 17, 24]

Tracks

1. Tramps and Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487) (2.53)
2. Drumdelgie (Roud 2180; G/D 3:384) (3.18)
3. The Jolly Carter Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171) (0.47)
4. A dash good drink from the farm servants interview (4.48)
5. The Moss o Burreldale (Roud 1876) (4.03)
6. The Muckin o’ Geordie’s Byre (Roud 2137; G/D 7:1303) (2.42)
7. MacPherson’s Lament (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (3.11)
8. It always beats up the ten minutes yet interview (3.32)
9. Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (3.21)
10. Bonny Portsoy, you’re aa ma ain interview and story (6.43)
11. The Dowie Dens o’ Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (2.39)
12. A threed o’ blue song interview (0.39)
13. John Anderson, My Jo (Roud 16967) (0.34)
14. Fined five pounds interview (1.42)
15. Teridus (Roud 6922) (0.22)
16. Pirns o’ thread an needles an packets o’ preens interview (1.49)
17. The Gallant Forty-Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (2.53)
18. Too verocious, like they were hot in the blood interview (3.04)
19. McCafferty was a great soldier interview (2.08)
20. McCafferty (Roud 1148) (3.12)
21. I’d get shot interview (1.49)
22. I wasn’t so far advanced as to get tied up interview (1.32)
23. Down by the Magdalene Green (Roud 2893) (3.23)
24. The Auld Quarry Knowe (Roud 6147; G/D 4:927) (3.36)
25. Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (2.34)
26. Neeps tae Pluck (Roud 6923) (2.46)
27. Tramps and Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487) (2.42)

Tracks 2, 6-8, 17, 24 recorded by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson in Turiff, Scotland, on 17 July 1951;
Tracks 1, 5 recorded by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson in Elgin, Scotland, on 19 July 1951;
Track 27 recorded by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 30 August 1951;
Tracks 3-4, 9-16, 18-23, 25-26 recorded by Alan Lomax in his apartment in London on 14 November 1953