> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: Songs of a Scots Tinker Lady
Songs of a Scots Tinker Lady
Songs of a Scots Tinker Lady Riverside Records RLP 12-633 (LP, USA, December 1956) |
Recorded by probably Hamish Henderson or Kenneth S. Goldstein
in the singer’s home, Aberdeen, 1955;
Edited by Kenneth S. Goldstein;
Cover by Darth
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals;
Josh MacRae: guitar [1, 3, 5, 7, 10]
Tracks
Side 1
- The Broken Token (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (4.23)
- When I Was Noo But Sweet Sixteen (Roud 5138) (1.23)
- The Butcher Boy (Roud 263; Laws P35; G/D 2:200) (5.34)
- Brennan on the Moor (Roud 476; Laws L7; G/D 2:258) (4.57)
- Go From My Window (Roud 966) (1.38)
- Lord Lovat (Roud 48; Child 75; G/D 6:1232) (5.25)
Side 2
- The Overgate (Roud 866) (2.32)
- The Four Marys (Roud 79; Child 173; G/D 2:195) (4.32)
- The Bonny Wee Lassie Who Never Said No (Roud 2903) (1.54)
- The Gypsy Laddies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (5.16)
- MacCrimmon’s Lament (Roud 5134) (5.19)
- What a Voice (Roud 495) (5.39)
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: Jeannie’s Merry Muse
Jeannie’s Merry Muse
Jeannie’s Merry Muse EMI/HMV 7EG 8534 (7" EP, UK, 1959) |
Notes by Hamish Henderson
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals
Tracks
Side 1
- Eenst Upon a Time (Roud 3361; G/D 7:1399)
- The Laird o’ Windy Wa’s (Roud 135; G/D 4:778)
- Bonnie Wee Grainne
Side 2
- The Braes o Killiecrankie (Roud 3363)
- I’ll Lay Ye Doon (Roud 3355)
- Busk, Busk, Bonnie Lassie (Roud 832; G/D 5:1053)
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: The Gallowa’ Hills
The Gallowa’ Hills
The Gallowa’ Hills Collector Records JES1 (7" EP, UK, January 1959) |
Recorded in London on 13 October 1958;
Session supervised by Hamish Henderson and Colin Pomroy;
Recording engineer Bernard Mattimore;
Notes by Hamish Henderson
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals
Tracks
Side 1
- The Gallowa’ Hills (Roud 3358)
- The Reel of Tullochgorm (Roud 5668)
Side 2
- Oh Jeannie My Dear Would You Marry Me (Roud 3362)
- Bonnie Lass Come Ower the Burn (Roud 3359)
- Cuttie’s Waddin’ (Roud 3357; G/D 3:608)
- The Yowie Wi’ the Crookit Horn (Roud 2140)
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: Twa Brothers
Twa Brothers
Twa Brothers Collector Records JES4 (7" EP, UK, April 1959) |
Recorded in London on 27 and 30 January 1959;
Session supervised by Paul Carter and Colin Pomroy;
Recording engineer Bernard Mattimore;
Notes by Hamish Henderson
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals;
Robin Hall: guitar [1, 3]
Songs
Side 1
- The Twa Brothers (Roud 38; Child 49)
Side 2
- Davy Faa (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274)
- My Rovin’ Eye (Roud 866)
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: I Ken Where I’m Going
I Ken Where I’m Going
I Ken Where I’m Going Collector Records JES8 (7" EP, UK, 1959) |
Recorded in London in January 1959 on an Ampex recorder;
Engineered by Bernard Mattimore;
Supervised by Colin Pomroy and Paul Carter;
Notes by Norman Buchan
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals;
Robin Hall: guitar
Tracks
Side 1
- I Ken Where I’m Going (Roud 18663)
- The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506)
- McPherson’s Farewell (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697)
Side 2
- Oh Nellie My Darling
- The Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181)
All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Jeannie Robertson
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: Lord Donald
Lord Donald
Lord Donald Collector Records JFS 4001 (10" LP, UK, 1960) |
Recorded in London in 1959;
Engineered by Bernard Mattimore;
Supervised by Colin Pomroy and Paul Carter;
Photograph by Fred G. Sykes;
Notes by Hamish Henderson
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals
Tracks
Side 1
- Lord Donald (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814)
Side 2
- The Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77)
- Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812)
- Haud Yer Tongue, Dear Sally (Roud 2897; G/D 7:1362)
- Braes o’ Balquhidder (Roud 541; G/D 4:862)
All tracks trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: The Great Scots Traditional Ballad Singer
The Great Scots Traditional Ballad Singer
Jeannie Robertson Topic Records 10T52 (LP, UK, 1959) |
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The Great Scots Traditional Ballad Singer Topic Records 12T96 (LP, UK, 1963) |
Recorded by Bill Leader in
1959;
Notes by Hamish Henderson;
Cover photograph by Brian Shuel
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals
Tracks
Side 1
- The Bonny Wee Lassie Who Never Said No (Roud 2903) (1.48)
- What a Voice (Roud 495) (5.40)
- My Plaidie’s Awa’ (Roud 2574; G/D 7:1413) (1.04)
- The Gypsy Laddies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (6.11)
Side 2
- When I Was Noo But Sweet Sixteen (Roud 5138) (1.25)
- MacCrimmon’s Lament (Roud 5134) (4.18)
- Roy’s Wife of Aldivalloch (Roud 5137; G/D 4:748) (2.30)
- Lord Lovat (Roud 48; Child 75; G/D 6:1232) (5.27)
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: Scottish Ballads and Folk Songs
Jeannie Robertson: Scottish Ballads and Folk Songs
Scottish Ballads and Folk Songs Prestige Records INT 13006 (LP, USA, February 1961) |
Recorded by Alexander Folkarde;
Produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein and Hamish Henderson;
Notes by Hamish Henderson
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals;
Lizzie Higgins: vocals [14]
Tracks
Side 1
- A Aul’ Man Cam’ Coortin’ Me (Roud 210) (3.22)
- Son David (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (5.51)
- My Rovin’ Eye (Roud 866) (1.58)
- The Deadly Wars (Roud 7284) (2.48)
- Tak’ the Buckles frae Your Sheen (Roud 4845; G/D 7:1486) (1.52)
- The Laird o’ the Dainty Doon-By (Roud 864; G/D 7:1488) (2.54)
- Ten O’Clock Is Ringing (Roud 12986; G/D 8:1623) (0.33)
Side 2
- Twa Bonny Black Een (Roud 18660) (1.25)
- Johnny the Brine (Roud 69; Child 114; G/D 2:250) (8.10)
- The Laird o’ Windywa’s (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (2.11)
- Soo Sewin’ Silk (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703) (0.24)
- I’m a Man Youse Don’t Meet Every Day (Roud 975) (2.58)
- A Maiden Come from London Town (Roud 168) (1.39)
- Aberdeen Street Games and Songs: Three Wee Glasgow Molls (Roud 6960) / Three Times ’Round Went Oor Gallant Ship (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) / I Ken Whaur I’m Gaun (Roud 18663) / What’s Poor Mary Weeping For (Roud 2118; G/D 8:1606) (2.39)
All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Robert Burns;
Track 8 Jeannie Robertson
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: The Cuckoo’s Nest and Other Scottish Folk Songs
Jeannie Robertson: The Cuckoo’s Nest and Other Scottish Folk Songs
The Cuckoo’s Nest and Other Scottish Folk Songs Prestige Records INT 13075 (LP, USA, July 1963) |
Produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein in cooperation with
The School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh;
Notes by Hamish Henderson
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals
Tracks
Side 1
- Cuttie’s Weddin’ (Roud 3357; G/D 3:608)
- The Moon Shined on My Bed Last Night (Roud 6959)
- Roy’s Wife of Aldivalloch (Roud 5137; G/D 4:748)
- Bonnie Lass Come Ower the Burn (Roud 3359)
- I Once Was a Ploughboy (Roud 1446; Henry H780)
- Connemara Dan (Roud 11565)
- I Hae ae Bit Son (Roud 7287)
Side 2
- The Overgate (Roud 866)
- The Dottered Auld Carle (Roud 362; G/D 4:815)
- The Laird o’ Drum (Roud 247; Child 236; G/D 4:835)
- The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506)
- O Are Ye Sleepin’, Maggie? (Roud 4897)
All tracks trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: Up the Dee and Doon the Don
Jeannie Robertson: Up the Dee and Doon the Don
Up the Dee and Doon the Don Lismor Records LIFL 7001 (LP, UK, 1984) |
Recorded live with audience participation by Hamish Henderson in Edinburgh in 1958
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals;
occasional audience chorus
Tracks
- The Overgate (Roud 866) (2.24)
- The Battle of Harlaw (Roud 2861; Child 163; G/D 1:112) (5.26)
- Busk Busk Bonnie Lassie (Roud 832; G/D 5:1053) (2.32)
- The Laird o’ Windywa’s (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (2.24)
- The Jolly Beggar (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (7.00)
- I Saw My Own Bonnie Lass (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (4.56)
- Ten O’Clock Is Ringing (Roud 12986; G/D 8:1623) (1.02)
- For I Will Lay You Doon (Roud 3355) (2.25)
- Twa Recruiting Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (3.45)
- Busk and Go (Cuttie’s Wedding) (Roud 3357; G/D 3:608) (1.28)
- A Dottered Auld Carle (Roud 362; G/D 4:815) (4.13)
- Far Over the Forth (Roud 3360) (2.50)
- Eenst Upon a Time (Roud 3361; G/D 7:1399) (1.08)
- An Auld Man Cam’ Coortin’ Me (Roud 210) (1.56)
- Sequence: The Gallowa’ Hills (Roud 3358) / My Son David (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) / Bonnie Lass Come Ow’r The Burn (Roud 3359) / Jeannie My Dear (Roud 3362) / The Braes o Killiecrankie (Roud 3363) (12.34)
> Folk Music > Books > Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice
Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice
James Porter and Herschel Gower |
The Songs
Songs of Childhood
- O Jeannie My Dear Would You Marry Me? (Roud 3362)
- Goodbye Mama, Goodbye Dada (Roud 32549)
- I Ken Whaur I’m Coin (Roud 18663)
- Ten O’Clock Is Ringing (Roud 12986; G/D 8:1623)
- Up and Doun the Street (Roud 5453)
- Rub a Dub Dub (Roud 3101)
- What’s Poor Mary Weepin’ For? (Roud 2118; G/D 8:1606)
- Come Up an See My Garritie (Roud 7285)
- Tammy Doddle (Roud 2497)
- Soo Sewin’ Silk (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703)
- I’ll Sing to Ye a Story
- He’s a Bonnie, Blue-Eyed Laddie (Roud 32492)
Songs of Freedom
- I’m a Rover and Seldom Sober (Roud 3135)
- The Gypsy Laddie (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
- MacPherson’s Farewell (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697)
- Johnnie the Brime (Roud 69; Child 114; G/D 2:250)
- Jock Stewart (Roud 975)
- Brennan on the Moor (Roud 476; Laws L7; G/D 2:258)
- Yowie Wi’ the Crookit Horn (Roud 2140)
- Davie Faa (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274)
- The Beggar laddie (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274)
- The Beggar Man (Roud 212; Child 279 Appendix; Henry H810)
Songs of Social Conflict
- Tullochgorum (Roud 5658)
- Jimmie Drummond (Roud 2506, 2157)
- The Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77)
- The Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181)
- Harlaw (Roud 2861; Child 163; G/D 1:112)
- The Bonnie Hoose o’ Airlie (Roud 794; Child 199; G/D 2:233)
- I Hae ae Bit Son (Roud 7287)
- The Golden Victory (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
- The Deadly Wars (Roud 7284)
- MacCrimmon’s Lament (Roud 5134)
Songs of Love Affirmed
- The Gallowa’ Hills (Roud 3358)
- Bonnie Glenshee (Roud 832; G/D 5:1053)
- The Fair o’ Balnafannon (Roud 2894; G/D 4:873)
- Bonnie Lass Come Owre the Burn (Roud 3359)
- Tak’ the Buckles Frae Your Sheen (Roud 4845; G/D 7:1486)
- Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812)
- The Laird o’ the Denty Dounby (Roud 864; G/D 7:1488)
- The Laird o’ Drum (Roud 247; Child 236; G/D 4:835)
- I Will Lay You Down (Roud 3355)
- Carrbridge Castle (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474)
- O Haud Yer Tongue, Dear Sally (Roud 2897; G/D 7:1362)
- A Pretty Fair Maid (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471)
- Cruel Fate (Roud 24309)
The Humors of Love
- The Laird o’ Windy Wa’s (Roud 135; G/D 4:778)
- The Bonnie Lassie’s Pleydie’s Awa’ (Roud 2574; G/D 7:1413)
- The Braes ’ Killiecrankie (Roud 3363)
- The Thorn Bush (Roud 1506, 5407)
- A Dottered Auld Carle (Roud 362; G/D 4:815)
- The Overgate (Roud 866)
- The Bonnie Wee Lassie Who Never Said No (Roud 2903)
- Cutties Weddin’ (Roud 3357; G/D 3:608)
- Roy’s Wife o’ Aldivalloch (Roud 5137; G/D 4:748)
- Maggie A-Milkin’ (Roud 7157; G/D 7:1417)
Songs of Love’s Ironies
- Ainst Upon a Time (Roud 3361; G/D 7:1399)
- Brush Ye Back My Curly Locks (Roud 7286, 8108)
- Hap an’ Rowe (Roud 7252; G/D 7:1398)
- The Lassies in the Cougate (Roud 8158)
- The Banks o’ Red Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444)
- Three ’Stralion Dragoons (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470)
- Lovely Molly (Roud 1446; Henry H780)
- Bonnie Barbara O (Roud 545; G/D 1:84)
- Green Grows the Laurels (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab, H624)
- The Moon Shined on My Bed Last Night (Roud 6959)
Songs of Love Denied
- When I Was Noo But Sweet Sixteen (Roud 5138)
- Young Emslie (Roud 182; Laws M34; G/D 2:189; Henry H113)
- The Butcher Boy (Roud 263; Laws P35; G/D 2:200)
- Bonnie Udny (Roud 3450; G/D 6:1089)
- I Made Up My Mind (The Trail to Mexico) (Roud 23455; Laws B13)
- Far Over the Forth (Roud 3360)
- She’s Only My Auld Shoes (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198)
- I Wish, I Wish (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1169, 6:1170; Henry H683)
- Mary Hamilton (Roud 79; Child 173; G/D 2:195)
Songs of Fraught Relationships
- Willie’s Fate (Roud 244; Child 255)
- The Twa Brithers (Roud 38; Child 49)
- Lord Lovat (Roud 48; Child 75; G/D 6:1232)
- Mill o’ Tifty’s Annie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018)
- Lord Donald (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814)
- My Son Davit (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35)
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson: The Queen Among the Heather
Jeannie Robertson: The Queen Among the Heather
The Queen Among the Heather Rounder Records 11661-1720-2 (CD, UK, 15 September 1998) |
Recorded by Alan Lomax in London in November 1953
Musical Traditions Review by Vic Smith
Musicians
Jeannie Robertson: vocals
Tracks
- The Reel of Tullochgorum (Roud 5658) (0.45)
- When My Apron Hung Low (Roud 495) (6.24)
- She’d a Lot of Old Songs (interview) (2.48)
- Son David (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (2.35)
- It’s a True Song (interview) (1.00)
- The Battle of Harlaw (Roud 2861; Child 163; G/D 1:112) (4.24)
- Wi’ My Rovin’ Eye (Roud 866) (1.38)
- Never Wed an Old Man (Roud 210) (2.14)
- The Moon Shined on My Bed Last Night (Roud 6959) (3.40)
- The Laird of the Dentidoonbye (Roud 864; G/D 7:1488) (2.54)
- The Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181) (3.42)
- I Doubt She Could Have Been a Good Girl! (interview) (1.06)
- She Was a Rum One (Roud 2128; G/D 7:1445) (2.45)
- Lord Lovatt (Roud 48; Child 75; G/D 6:1232) (5.12)
- Introduction to Bonnie Annie and Andrew Lammie (interview) (2.16)
- Bonnie Annie and Andrew Lammie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018) (13.21)
- Commentary on Bonnie Annie and Andrew Lammie (interview) (3.18)
- The Queen Among the Heather (Roud 375; G/D 5:962; Henry H177) (5.35)
Tracks 1-3, 5-6, 9-12, 14-18 are previously unreleased;
Tracks 4, 7-8 were released in 1961 on
Heather and Glen;
I don’t know where track 13 had been released previously
> Folk Music > Records > Jeannie Robertson
Other records with Jeannie Robertson
Various Artists: Folk Song Today, LP, HMV DLP 1143, 1955
Various Artists: Heather and Glen: Folk Songs and Music From Aberdeenshire and the Hebrides, LP, Tradition TLP 1047, 1961
Various Artists: A Prospect of Scotland (Topic Sampler No 5), LP, Topic TPS169, 1966
Various Artists: The Travelling Stewarts, LP, Topic 12T179, 1968
Various Artists: Festival at Blairgowrie, LP, Topic 12T181, 1967
Various Artists: Songs of Courtship (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1), LP, Caedmon TC1142, 1961; Topic 12T157, 1968
Various Artists: Songs of Seduction (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 2), LP, Caedmon TC1143, 1961; Topic 12T158, 1968; CD, Rounder 1778, 2000
Various Artists: The Child Ballads 1 (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 4), LP, Caedmon TC1145, 1961; Topic 12T160, 1968; CD, Rounder 1775, 2000
Various Artists: The Child Ballads 2 (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 5), LP, Caedmon TC1146, 1961; Topic 12T161, 1968; CD, Rounder 1776, 2000
Various Artists: Sailormen and Servingmaids (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 6), LP, Caedmon TC1162, 1961; Topic 12T194, 1970
Various Artists: Fair Game and Foul (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 7), LP, Caedmon TC1163, 1961; Topic 12T195, 1970
Various Artists: A Soldier's Life for Me (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 8), LP, Caedmon TC1164, 1961; Topic 12T196, 1970
Various Artists: Songs of Animals and Other Marvels (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 10), LP, Caedmon TC1225, 1961; Topic 12T198, 1970
Various Artists: The Muckle Sangs (Scottish Tradition 5), LP, Tangent TNGM 119, 1975, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX9005, 1992
Various Artists: Songs of the Travelling People: Music of the Tinkers, Gipsies and Other Travelling People of England, Scotland and Ireland, CD, Saydisc CD-SDL 407, 1994
Various Artists: Scottish Voices, CD, Topic TSCD703, 1996
Various Artists: Ancient Celtic Roots, CD, Topic TSCD704, 1996
Various Artists: Come Let Us Buy the Licence (The Voice of the People Vol. 1), CD, Topic TSCD651, 1998
Various Artists: Who's That at My Bed Window? (The Voice of the People Vol. 10), CD, Topic TSCD660, 1998
Various Artists: They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Bottles of Sherry (The Voice of the People Vol. 13), CD, Topic TSCD663, 1998
Various Artists: It Fell on a Day, a Bonny Summer Day (The Voice of the People Vol. 17), CD, Topic TSCD667, 1998
Various Artists: Ballads and Songs of Tradition, CD, Folk-Legacy CD-125, 2000
Various Artists: Scottish Traditional Tales (Scottish Tradition 17), 2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX 9017D, 2000
Hamish Handerson et al: A' the Bairns o Adam, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX244, 2003
Various Artists: The Carrying Stream (Scottish Tradition 20), CD, Greentrax CDTRAX 9020, 2004
Various Artists: Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records, 7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
Various Artists: Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree, LP, Drag City DC488, 2011
Various Artists: Good People, Take Warning (The Voice of the People Vol. 23), 3 CD, Topic TSCD673T, 2012
Various Artists: Scotland's Voices, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX400, 2018