> Folk Music > Records > Scottish Tradition
Scottish Tradition
This is a series of collections from various regions of Scotland selected from the huge archive of the School of Scottish Studies and hailed as “the most important series of traditional recordings ever”.
This series was released on the Tangent label in the 1970s and is now being reissued and expanded on Greentrax Recordings.
> Folk Music > Records > Bothy Ballads
Bothy Ballads
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Scottish Tradition 1: Tangent Records TNGM 109 (LP, UK, 1971) |
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Hamish Hendeson (selection and documentation),
Fred Kent (technical work),
Peter Cooke (production, series editor);
Original sleeve design by Robert Morgan;
CD sleeve design by John Haxby
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Music from the Western Isles
Music from the Western Isles
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Scottish Tradition 2: Tangent Records TNGM 110 (LP, UK, 1971) |
Selected, prepared, and documented by a team of staff members of the
School of Scottish Studies:
Peter Cooke (series editor), Donald A. MacDonald, Fred Kent, John MacInnes,
Morag MacLeod, Ralph Morton and Allie Munro;
Cover photography by Richard Cormack: ‘Rum & Eigg at dusk’
Original sleeve design by Robert Morgan;
CD booklet design by John Haxby
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Waulking Songs from Barra
Waulking Songs from Barra
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Scottish Tradition 3: Tangent Records TNGM 111 (LP, UK, 1972) |
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Peter Cooke (series editor),
John MacInnes, Morag MacLeod (all three: notes and translations),
Fred Kent (technical);
Original sleeve design by Robert Morgan;
CD booklet design by John Haxby
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Shetland Fiddle Music
Shetland Fiddle Music
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Scottish Tradition 4: Tangent Records TNGM 117 (LP, UK, 1973) |
Recorded in 1971-73;
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Peter Cooke (series editor, recording, selection and documentation),
Fred Kent (technical);
Cover picture of Bobby Jamieson by Peter Cooke;
CD booklet design by John Haxby
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > The Muckle Sangs
The Muckle Sangs
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Scottish Tradition 5: Tangent Records TNGM 119/D (2 LP, UK, 1975) |
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Selection, documentation, and text transcription by Hamish Henderson and Ailie Munro;
Cover photograph of Jane Turriff at the Mill of Tifty by Peter Cooke;
Original sleeve design by Robert Morgan;
CD sleeve design by John Haxby
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Gaelic Psalms from Lewis
Gaelic Psalms from Lewis
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Scottish Tradition 6: Tangent Records TNGM 119 (LP, UK, 1975) |
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Peter Cooke (series editor),
Morag McLeod (selection and documentation),
Fred Kent (technical);
Front cover: oil painting The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk
by J.H. Lorimer, 1891;
Original sleeve design by Robert Morgan;
CD sleeve design by John Haxby
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Calum Ruadh: Bard of Skye
Calum Ruadh: Bard of Skye
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Scottish Tradition 7: Tangent Records TNGM 128 (LP, UK, 1978) |
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Thorkild Knudsen (recording, selection and music transcriptions),
Morag MacLeod (text transcriptions),
Peter Cooke (series editor),
Fred Kent (technical);
Photographs by Ralph Morton
Musicians
Calum Ruadh, vocals;
Roy Williamson, flute [11c];
John MacKinnon, violin [11c]
Tracks
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Why
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How
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> Folk Music > Records > James Campbell of Kintail: Gaelic Songs
James Campbell of Kintail: Gaelic Songs
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Scottish Tradition 8: Tangent Records TNGM 140 (LP, UK, 1984) |
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
John MacInnes (text transcription and tranlations, sleeve notes and biographical introduction, item notes),
Peter Cooke (series editor, item notes),
Fred Kent (technical);
Cover photo by Terry Rand, from an oil portrait by W.M. Gillies (1947)
Musician
James Campbell, vocals
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > The Fiddler and His Art
The Fiddler and His Art
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Scottish Tradition 9: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9009 (CD, UK, February 1993) |
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Peter Cooke (series editor, sleeve notes and booklet commentary, music transcriptions),
Peggy Binney (music transcriptions),
Fred Kent (technical),
Ian MacKenzie (ilustrations);
Cover picture The Highland Dance, pen and wash (c 1780) by David Allan;
CD sleeve design by John Haxby;
Musician
Donald MacDonell, fiddle [1-4];
Hugh Inkster, fiddle [5];
Pat Shearer, fiddle [6-7];
David Linklater, fiddle [6-7];
John Reid snr, fiddle [8];
John Reid jnr, piano [8];
Andrew Poleson, fiddle [9];
William Williamson [9];
Albert Stewart, fiddle [10];
Hector MacAndrew, fiddle [11-14];
Sandie Edmonson, piano [11-14];
Tracks
Donald MacDonnell
Hugh Inkster
Pat Shearer
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John Reid
Andrew Poleson
Albert Stewart
Hector MacAndrew
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> Folk Music > Records > Pibroch: Pipe Major William MacLean
Pibroch: Pipe Major William MacLean
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Scottish Tradition 10: Tangent Records (cassette, UK, 1976) |
Performaces chosen from a number of recordings made by Frances Collison and Calum MacLean in 1953/4. Francis Collison reported that occasionally P.M. MacLean referred to his copy of C.S. Thomason's Ceol Mor (1900) during recording sessions but that he had an excellent memory despite his 77 years.
Compiled and annotated by Peter Cooke and Hugh MacDonald
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Calum & Annie Johnston: Songs, Stories and Piping from Barra
Calum & Annie Johnston: Songs, Stories and Piping from Barra
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Scottish Tradition 13: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9013D (2 CD, UK, April 2010) |
Performaces chosen from a number of recordings made by Thorkild Knudsen, Donald Archie MacDonald, Calum MacLean, James Ross, John MacInnes, Peter Cooke, Morag MacLeod in 1953 -72
Chosen and prepared from the tape archives of the School of Scottish Studies;
Selected and edited by Virginia Blankenthorn;
Transcriptions and translations by Virginia Blankenthorn, Alan Bruford,
Donald Archie MacDonald, John MacInnes, Morag Macleod;
Technical: Fred Kent;
Series editor: Peter Cooke;
Cover photograph by Peter Cooke;
Cover design by Leslie Davenport
Musicians
Calum & Annie Johnson
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Peter Morrison: Gaelic Stories
Peter Morrison: Gaelic Stories
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Scottish Tradition 14: Greentrax Recordings CTRAX9014 (cassette, UK, 1995); |
Recorded and compiled by Donald Archie MacDonals;
Technical: Fred Kent;
Series editor: Peter Cooke;
Additional editing by William Lamb;
Re-mastered by Peter Haigh at Pier House Studios;
Line drawings by Ralph Morton
Storyteller
Peter Morrison
Tracks
- Aisling air Té a Chaidh a Bhàthadh (A Dream of a Drowned Woman) (5.52)
- Taibhs ag innse mu Ulaidh (A Ghost Tells of Hidden Treasure) (4.42)
- An Crodh Mara (The Sea Cattle) (3.49)
- Na Sidhichean a’ Gold Leanabh (A Child Stolen by the Fairies) (6.54)
- An Tàilleir agus na Mnathan Isgaich (The Tailor and the Fishing Wives) (7.59)
- Gille an Fheadain Duibh (The Lad with the Black Chanter). (26.09)
> Folk Music > Records > Pibroch: George Moss
Pibroch: George Moss
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Scottish Tradition 15: Greentrax Recordings CTRAX9015 (cassette, UK, 1995) |
Recorded by Peter Cooke in George Moss's home in Kessock, Inverness, in September 1981;
Compiled and annotated by Peter Cooke
Tracks
- War or Peace (0.13)
- The MacGregor’s Gathering (1.32)
- Pibroch of Donald Dhu (2.43)
- The End of the Little Bridge (1.15)
- In Praise of Morag (1.57)
- The Blue Ribbon (3.15)
- The Desperate Battle / Port Mairi (4.07)
- John Garve MacLeod’s Lament (5.32)
- The Lament for Mary MacLeod (4.38)
- Chisholm’s Salute (8.31)
- The Rout of Glen Truin (3.21)
- Pibroch Variations: Glengarry’s Lament / The Little Spree / The Company’s Lament and Corrienessan (19.15)
- Clan Chattan’s Gathering (6.43)
- Catherine’s Lament (0.42)
- The Lament for MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart (1.04)
- The Big Spree (7.33)
> Folk Music > Records > William Matheson: Gaelic Bards & Minstrels
William Matheson: Gaelic Bards & Minstrels
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Scottish Tradition 16: Greentrax Recordings CTRAX9016 (2 cassettes, UK, 1983) |
Recorded between April 1982 and May 1983;
Editor: Moran MacLeod;
Cover painting: ‘Loch Duigh’ by William Daniell,
courtesy of The National Library of Scotland;
Musicians
William Matheson, vocals
Tracks
CD 1: Iorram | CD 2: Amhran |
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> Folk Music > Records > Scottish Traditional Tales
Scottish Traditional Tales
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Scottish Tradition 17: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9017D (2 CD, UK, May 2000) |
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> Folk Music > Records > Clo Dubh Clo Donn
Clo Dubh Clo Donn
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Scottish Tradition 18: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9018 (CD, UK, May 2001) |
Tracks
- Eòghainn MacRath (Hugh MacRae): Ghuidhinn slàn don rìbhinn (I would wish good health to the genial girl) (2.38)
- Peanaidh Mhoireasdan (Penny Morrison): Cha tèid mi do dh’fhear gun bhàta (I will not go with a man who has no boat)) (2.15)
- Seasaidh NicCoinnich (Jessie MacKenzie): Mur bitheadh na bha chrodh agad (It if weren't for your wealth of cattle) (1.38)
- Aonghas Coinneach MacIoimhair (Angus Kenneth MacIver): I ri iù ò rò leannain (Sweetheart, a heavy burden is love) (3.09)
- Màiri Chaimbeul (Mary Campbell): Am maistreadh a bh’aig Moire (Mary's churning) (1.05)
- Kitty agus Marietta NicLeoid (Kitt and Marietta MacLeod): A fhleasgaich ùir leanainn thu (Fine young man, I would follow you) / Tighinn air a’ mhuir (The man I will marry is coming by sea) (2.43)
- Ceit, bean Eirdsi Raghnaill (Kate MacDonald): Chuirinn mo ghiollan a dhìomain nan caorach (I'd send my laddie to drive the sheep) (0.49)
- Iain MacDhòmhnaill (John McDonald): Thig an smeòrach as t-Earrach (The truh comes in Spring) (5.49)
- Seonaidh MacAnndrais (Johnnie Anderson): Ho rò na cuir cùl rium (Horo, do not turn your back on me) (1.43)
- Gilleasbaig Mac a’ Chlèirich (Archibald Clark): O ‘s mis’ tha cianail fàilinneach (Oh, sad and frail am I) (3.20)
- Anna Arnott (Annie Arnott): Ci ‘n fhidheall (Hand me the fiddle) (1.48)
- Seasaidh NicCoinnich (Jessie MacKenzie): Griogal Cridhe (Beloved Gregor) (2.52)
- Calum Camshron (Calum Cameron): Anna NicLeòid (Annie MacLeod) (2.58)
- Calum MacIan agus Fleòraidh NicNèill Calum Johnston and Flora MacNeil): Mhic Iarla nam bratach bàna (Son of the Earl of White Banners) (2.12)
- Seumas MacDhòmhnaill (James MacDonald): Maighleas Mòr na Guailne (Big Myles of Gualainn) / Eadar-à-ghàrradh (Between the two walls) (1.44)
- Iain MacAonghais agus Iain MacLeoid (John MacInnes and John MacLeod): B’fhèarr leam fhìn gum beireadh an tèile (I wish the other pullet would lay) / Gealbhodaich sa Bheinn Duibh (White bogeymen in the Black Mountain) (1.24)
- Uilleam MacMhathain (William Matheson): Ceann Tràigh Ghruinneard (At the head of Gruinard Bay)) (1.00)
- Peigi Mhoireasdan (Peggy Morrison): Air feasgar Samhraifh Sàbaid (On a Summer Sunday) (4.05)
> Folk Music > Records > Seonag NicCoinnich – Joan MacKenzie
Seonag NicCoinnich – Joan MacKenzie
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Scottish Tradition 19: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9019 (CD, UK, May 1999) |
Songs from one of Gaeldom’s great traditional singers, recorded in the Western Isles of Scotland between 1955 and 1972.
Musician
Seonag NicCoinnich (Joan MacKenzie), vocals
Tracks
- Ceud soiridh soiridh bhuam (3.57)
- Bhon dh’fhàg thu mi ’s mulad orm (3.25)
- Ged is grianach an latha (2.04)
- Chuir m’athair mise dhan taigh charraideach (My Father Sent Me to the House of Sorrow) (1.45)
- Agus hó Mhòrag (1.52)
- O cò thogas dhìom an fhadachd? (1.50)
- Bothan àirigh am Bràigh Raineach (3.07)
- Oran Chaluim Sgàire (2.05)
- Tha sinn a’ falbh (3.18)
- ‘S e gillean mo rùin (1.38)
- O’s tù ‘s gura tù th’air m’air (3.16)
- Puirt (1.46)
- Ailein Duinn ò hì (7.36)
- Iain Shomaltaich (2.06)
- An till mise chaoidh (3.49)
- A nighean nan geug (2.28)
- Tha mo dhùil (1.47)
- Hion dail-a horo hi (0.57)
- Hò bha mi hè bha mi (2.09)
- Thèid mi dhachaigh (3.53)
- An till mi tuilleadh a Leòdhas? (3.19)
> Folk Music > Records > The Carrying Stream
The Carrying Stream
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Scottish Tradition 20: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9020 (CD, UK, January 2005) |
Tracks
- Kenneth MacIver: Tha M'inntinn Raoir, A-nochd 'S A-raoir / Siùdaibh Bhalachaidh / Mary Morrison : Canntaireachd mouth music (3.23)
- Jimmy McBeath: The Muckin o Geordie’s Byre (Roud 2137; G/D 7:1303) (3.15)
- Peggy Morrison: Gaol an t-Seòladair (4.02)
- Lizzie Higgins: The Jolly Beggar (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (2.52)
- Rev. William Matheson: Oran Coire Cheathaich (4.29)
- Hector MacAndrew fiddle: Millhills / Pipe-Major John Stewart / The Lodge of Glentana / Gavin MacMillan (4.46)
- Norman MacLeod: Dundee Gaelic psalm (4.33)
- James C. M. Campbell: Iseabail NicAoidh (3.37)
- Jeannie Robertson: The Battle of Harlaw (Roud 2861; Child 163; G/D 1:112) (5.33)
- Willy B. Henderson and Bobby Jamieson fiddles: Soldier’s Joy / Deil Among the Tailors (1.56)
- Edith Whyte: The Beggin Trade (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (2.30)
- Calum Johnston: Na Faighinn Gille Ri Cheannach (5.40)
- Mary Morrison: Latha Siubhal Beinne Dhomh (3.16)
- Pipe Major Robert Brown: The Massacre of Glencoe pibroch (4.58)
- Joan MacKenzie: An Till Mise Chaoidh (3.48)
- Angus Lawrie jew's harp: Glengarry’s March / Lady Madelina Sinclair / Reel of Tulloch (2.04)
- Andra Stewart: Johnnie in the Cradle Scots folk tale: (7.25)
> Folk Music > Records > Orkney: Land, Sea & Community
Orkney: Land, Sea & Community
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Scottish Tradition 21: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9021 (CD, UK, April 2004) |
Selection and notes by Nancy Cassell McEntire;
Field recordings by Alan Brudorf, Nancy Cassell McEntire and Elizabeth Neilsen;
Transcriptions by Alan Brudorf and Nancy Cassell McEntire;
Mastering by Peter Haigh, Pier House Studios, Edinburgh;
Series editor: Mark Trewin
Tracks
The Land
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: The Deerness Jig (1.06)
- Ethel Findlater narrative: The Orkney Muckle Supper (1.12)
- Ethel Findlater ballad: The Maid o’ Cowdean Knowes (Roud 92; Child 217; G/D 4:838) (2.22)
- Ethel Findlater narrative: Making Beesmilk Pudding (2.04)
- Peter Pratt tin whistle: Harvest Home Hornpipe (1.37)
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: Maggie Watson’s Polka (1.45)
- James Henderson legend: Gripping the Cow (1.27)
- James Henderson legend: Circling the Cow (1.32)
- Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society three waltzes: Rope Waltz / Norwegian Waltz / Gossagrough Waltz (3.41)
- Lana Fotheringhame legend: Moon Beliefs (2.14)
- Peter Pratt tin whistle: Peter Pratt’s Polka (1.53)
The Sea
- John G. Halcro: Sea Beliefs (2.03)
- John G. Halcro ballad: The Grey Selkie (Roud 197; Child 113) (0.35)
- James Henderson folktale: A Selkie Story (2.40)
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: The Strynd / El Adem (1.39)
- Willie Thomson legend: The Stolen Dress (4.14)
- Sydney Scott ballad: The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (3.35)
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: New Year’s Day in da Morning (0.38)
- Willie Thomson humorous story: The Minister and the Tinker (1.03)
- John G. Halcro ballad: The Greenland Whale Fishery (Roud 347; Laws K21; G/D 1:9) (2.04)
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: Orkney Isles Hornpipe / The Pentland Crossing (1.17)
The Community
- Johina J. Leith children's song: Mister Frog (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669) (1.26)
- Ethel Findlater folktale: Choosing the Bride (0.42)
- Ethel Findlater narrative about Dancing and Diddling (2.11)
- Peter Pratt narrative: Wedding Customs (1.52)
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: Inganess (1.16)
- John G. Halcro legend: Second Sight (2.29)
- James Henderson humorous story: Tea Boiled Clean (1.00)
- John G. Halcro and John Dass tall stories: Sam Groat / The Gun / Turning the Dog Inside Out / It Must Have Been Blowing (3.17)
- Neil Leask joke: Mindin’ On / tall stories: An Orkney Spyglass (2.02)
- Violet Manson folksong: I’m Weary Night and Day (Roud 5555; G/D 7:1332) (2.05)
- Ingirid Jolly Orkney song: Sleepy Laddie (3.10)
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: The Ferry Louper (0.48)
- Hugh Inkster fiddle: Scapa Flow (1.08)
> Folk Music > Records > Chokit on a Tattie: Children's Songs and Rhymes
Chokit on a Tattie: Children's Songs and Rhymes
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Scottish Tradition 22: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9022 (CD, UK, May 2006) |
Introduction by Dr Katherine Campbell;
Edited by Ewan McVicar;
Photographs by Ian MacKenzie and others;
Front cover: panel from stained glass window by William Wilson (1905-1972) at
Cameron House Nursery School, Edinburgh;
Series editor: Mark Trewin
Tracks
- There Was a Fairmer’s Dochter (Roud 2293) / Hush Ba (Roud 2293) / Baloo Ma Peerie Lamb (Roud 9700) / Shoo Shaggie / (Roud 29443) / Shelkie Pogie (Roud 29444) (1.24)
- Chin Cherry (Roud 19554) / Broo Broo Brenty (Roud 19553) / Chap at the Doorie (Roud 19553) (0.55)
- Two Wee Horses (Roud 20772) / Two Doggies (Roud 20507) / Twa Peerie Dogs (Roud 20507) / Hey a Doggie (Roud 20112) / John Smith (Roud 12964) / John Smith (Roud 12964) / This Is the Man (Roud 20110) / Corbie's Hole (Roud 10134) / Fit's in There? (Roud 20111) / There's a Lady's Forks and Knifes (Roud 19714) (3.34)
- Dance tae Tha Daddy (Roud 2439; G/D 8:1562) / Kitty Bairdie / Clap Hannies (Roud 12963) (1.19)
- As I Climbed up the Apple Tree (Roud 19821) / As I Gaed up the Aipple Tree (Roud 19821) / Some Fowks Says I'm Daft / Scorland, England, Ireland, Wales (Roud 19385) / I've a Kistie (Roud 20108) / Roond Aboot the Porridge Pot (Roud 20109) / Bee's Wax (Roud 974) / Pease Brose (Roud 23561) / Pitter Patter (Roud 20664) / Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat (Roud 15094) (2.22)
- Oor Quine Jeannie (Roud 29442) / Five, Six, Seven, Eight (Roud 19595) / Eenie Meenie / (Roud 13610) / Eenie Meenie Macca Racca (Roud 19218) / Eetum Peetum Penny Pie / (Roud 20441) / Easy Ozie (Roud 29446) / One Erie Two Erie (Roud 19296) / Ell Dell (Roud 20107) / Eentie Teentie Figgery Fell (Roud 19276) / Ickerty Fickerty (Roud 29445) (2.33)
- All in Together (Roud 19211) / Evo Ivo (Roud 20106) / Eeper Weeper (Roud 13497) / Come Up and See My Garret (Roud 7285) (1.57)
- I’ve a Laddie in America (Roud 18316) (0.51)
- There Came a Girl from France (Roud 20104) / A Sailor Went to Sea (Roud 18338) / Bell Bottom Trousers (Roud 20105) / Brush Yer Boots and Follow (Roud 19990) / Down in the Meadow (Roud 12967) / Hoppy Hoppy Is My Name (Roud 29441) / Maypole Butter (Roud 20218) (3.09)
- Old Mrs Reilly (Roud 19075) / Mary Queen of Scots (Roud 20202) / Mademoiselle from Armentiers (Roud 4703) / Are You Going to Golf, Sir? (Roud 19189) / Charlie Chaplin (Roud 19102) / Robin Hood and His Merry Men (Roud 20818) / Stot Stot, Ba Ba (Roud 20486) (2.19)
- I’ve Come to See Jemima (Roud 1047) / Janny-Jo (Roud 1047) (3.51)
- Mister Frog (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669) / Silk, Satin, Muslin, Rags (Roud 802) / Snail, Snail (Roud 20210) / Sugarallie Water (Roud 19071) (2.57)
- When I Was One (Roud 19188) / London Bridge (Roud 502; G/D 8:1566; Henry H48h) (Roud 502) / There's a Good Ship (Roud 4827) (1.33)
- Who’ll Come Intae Ma Wee Ring (Roud 19006) / Hi Jock McCuddy (Roud 19063) / Hi Jock McCuddy (Roud 19063) / Dusty Bluebells (Roud 13206) / Water Water Wallflower (Roud 6307) / Water Water Wallflower (Roud 6307) / Ring-a-Roses (Roud 7925) (2.46)
- I Lost My Love and I Carena (Roud 2075) / Queen Mary, Queen Mary (Roud 6281) / London Castle (Roud 542; G/D 4:746; Henry H532, H641) / Down in the Meadow (Roud 12967) / Up Against the Wall (Roud 12980) / Cushion Dance (Roud 19195) / Brown Bread and Barley O (Roud 19184) (4.55)
- King Comalay / Driving Sheep / Grandmama Grandmama (Roud 19232) (2.07)
- Poor Doggie Is Dead (Roud 797; TYG 88) / I Am a Girl Guide (Roud 19225) (1.56)
- When Susie Was a Baby (Roud 20199) / My Boyfriend Gave Me an Apple (Roud 12986) (1.31)
- Ah Chokit on a Tattie (Roud 19989) / As I Gaed o'er the Castle May (Roud 23727) / Six o'Clock (Roud 12986) / Ten o'Clock (Roud 12986) / Three Wee Glasgow Molls (Roud 6960) (2.52)
- Murder Murder Polis (Roud 19167) / Mairy Pairy (Roud 20218) / Mistress Maclean (Roud 19079) / Es Oh Soh (Roud 20101) (1.04)
- The Cat’s Taen the Measles (Roud 17759; TYG 56) / Mother Mother I Am Ill (Roud 13502) / The Morn's the Market (Roud 20102) / As I Gaed By (Roud 20103) / Faur Ye Gaen? (Roud 19796) / Oh Dear Me (Roud 19254) / Craw Craw (Roud 19988) / Chairlie Chat (Roud 19987) / I Spied a Spider (Roud 19986) / No Last Nicht (Roud 19076) / No Last Night (Roud 19076) (2.40)
- Aunty Mary (Roud 19982) / Wee Chookie Birdie (Roud 19182) / Ah Had a Wee Broon Hen (Roud 19291) / I Had a Funeral (Roud 19291) (1.36)
- Wee Johnny’s Lost His Marble (Roud 8244) / Bumbee Stung Me (Roud 19985) / Stop the Bus (Roud 19984) / Firecracker (Roud 19983) (4.29)
> Folk Music > Records > Wooed and Married and Aa
Wooed and Married and Aa
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Scottish Tradition 23: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9023 (CD, UK, May 2008) |
Tracks
- Ronald Lawrie: The Wedding Gift (1.42)
- Alec MacLeod: The Highland Wedding (1.03)
- Hugh MacRae: Oran Gleann Bhargaill (1.24)
- Hector Sutherland: The Contract (1.06)
- Norman MacLeod: The Reiteach (1.15)
- Archie Kenneth: The Feet Washing (1.07)
- Mary Morrison: De Chuir Am Mulad Ort (1.28)
- Nan MacKinnon: Ob Ob Orra Bo (1.35)
- Alistair MacNeill: Allaibh Arra Bo Choisinn Co-bheag (1.45)
- Mary Morrison: An Goc Ard (1.33)
- Hector Sutherland: Fisher Weddings in Brora (4.08)
- Tom Anderson: Norwick Wedding / Hillswick Wedding (2.32)
- Calum MacArthur: Mary MacArthur's Wedding (1.17)
- K. J. MacLeod: Mairi's Wedding (1.53)
- William Matheson: Banais Chiostal Odhar (1.09)
- — : Banais an Dotair (1.48)
- Lizzie Higgins: Cuttie's Waddin (Roud 3357; G/D 3:608) (1.11)
- John Macdonald: The Weddin o McGinnis an His Cross-eyed Pet (Roud 5158) (1.15)
- Janet Lynch: The Gargrie Waddin (Roud 5408; G/D 3:609) (3.47)
- James Laurenson: The Sporin (2.11)
- Ethel Findlater: The Booking Night (2.16)
- Peter Pratt: The Bride's Cog (1.54)
- Mary Brooksbank: The Spinner's Wedding (Roud 12503) (1.58)
- Mary Bain: The Chanty (2.13)
- Bernard Bain: The Pay-off (1.19)
- Bill Douglas: The Scatter (1.11)
- Bernard Bain: The Scramble (1.27)
- William Brown: Melrose Ba (0.55)
- Wat Ramage: The Wedding Brace (1.13)
- Peter Fraser: Du's Bon Lang Awa / Kiss Her an Clap Her (1.50)
- Andrew Poleson: Hoo Can I Leave Faither and Mither (0.58)
- — : Wooed an Married an Aa (0.38)
- Tom Anderson: The Bride's a Bonnie Thing / Bride's March From Unst / West Side Bride's March (2.31)
- Margaret Tait: Breaking the Scone (1.01)
- Peter Fraser: Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer (1.25)
- John Fraser: Tune From Papa Stour / Scalloway Lasses (2.08)
- Peter Fraser: The Guisers Reel (1.07)
- Bertha Umphrey: Shetland Weddings (1.35)
- James Laurenson: The Bedding of the Bride (1.13)
- John A Irvine: Come to Bed Boots and Aa (0.23)
- — : Greig's Pipes / But the Hoose and Ben the Hoose / Noo Mun I Lave Faither an Mither (3.11)
> Folk Music > Records > Songs and Ballads from Perthshire Field Recordings of the 1950s
Songs and Ballads from Perthshire Field Recordings of the 1950s
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Scottish Tradition 24: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9024 (CD, UK, May 2011) |
Tracks
- Belle Stewart: Ower Yon Hill There Lives a Lassie (Roud 5121) (1.59)
- — : Frank and Ruby (Roud 16565) (2.11)
- — : Bogie's Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (2.29)
- Sheila Stewart: The Maid of Culmore (Roud 2493; Henry H687) (2.37)
- — : Hatton Woods (Roud 5531) (2.59)
- Willie MacPhee: Jamie Foyers (Roud 1941; G/D 1:106) (3.54)
- Bella Higgins: Late Last Night I Was Asked to a Wedding (Roud 567; Laws P31; G/D 6:1199; Henry H60ab) (3.42)
- Jock White: Tifty’s Annie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018) (6.10)
- Betty (Dolly) White: The Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2; Henry H143) (2.53)
- Charlotte Higgins: Jean McLean (Roud 23392) (1.22)
- — : Susie Pirate (Lord Bateman) (Roud 40; Child 53; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (2.22)
- — : Lowlands of Lowlands (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (5.07)
- John Higgins: In a Garden a Lady Walking (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (2.44)
- Martha Reid: The Elfin Knight (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (2.14)
- — : The Banks o' Airdery O (Roud 27; Child 14; G/D 2:199) (3.09)
- — : I’ll Cut Off My Long Yellow Hair (Roud 199; Child 106; G/D 1:163) (3.15)
- — : The Farmer's Curst Wife (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (1.00)
- — : Lord Randal (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (3.29)
- — : Falkirk Fair (Roud 10368) (1.33)
- John MacDonald:
The Golden Vanity
(Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) /
John Reid: The Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (3.01) - Willie Townsley:
The Tinker’s Waddin
(Roud 5408; G/D 3:609) /
Stewart McPhee: The Tinker’s Waddin (Roud 5408; G/D 3:609) (2.22) - Ruby Kelbie: Banks o Red Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444) (3.28)
- Tommy Bonthrone: The Dyin Ploughboy (Roud 2514; G/D 3:700) (2.40)
- — : The Boys of Bayview (Roud 23393) (1.37)
- — : The Flower of Strathmore (Roud 23394) (2.07)
> Folk Music > Records > Gaelic Songs from the North Uist Tradition
Gaelic Songs from the North Uist Tradition
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Scottish Tradition 25: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9025 (CD, UK, September 2013) |
Recorded by staff and students of the School of Scottish Studies
in between 1950 and 1975;
Introduction by Margaret Callan and Dr Katherine Campbell;
cover: Archie's House (Claddach Kirkibost, North Uist), by Katharine Barr;
Tracks
- Hugh Matheson: Bu chaoin leam bhith ’n Uibhist (2.48)
- Miss Bella MacPhail: An cuala sibh mar dh’èirich dhòmhs’ (2.19)
- Ewen Morrison: Guma slàn don ribhinn òig (2.36)
- Fred Macaulay: Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh (1.38)
- Mrs Marion Ann MacDonald: Tha bò dhubh agam / Roderick MacDonald: Mo bhò dhubh mhòr / Roderick MacDonald: Hud, a bhodaich (1.53)
- Donald MacLean: ’Ghruagach dhonn a’ bhrollaich bhàin (2.12)
- Rev William Matheson: Òran an ròin / Miss Margaret MacLeod: Òran an ròin (2.31)
- Andrew Laing: Òran na caillich (1.43)
- Roderick Macaulay: Hóro, leannain, an cluinn thu (2.14)
- Ewen MacDonald: Tunnag bhàn Mòire / An ràcan a bh’ agamsa (1.02)
- Mrs Helen Morrison: An Eala Bhàn (2.42)
- Ewen Morrison: ’S ann mu thuath, fada tuath (2.12)
- Hugh Matheson: ’S ann a-raoir a rinn mi ’n dàn seo (1.50)
- Mrs Marion Ann MacDonald: Tha mìle long air Cuan Èirinn (1.43)
- Donald MacLellan: Gur mis’ tha fo mhì-ghean (2.09)
- Miss Bella MacPhail: Hó, mo leannan, hé, mo leannan (2.39)
- Rev William Matheson: Bodaich odhar Hoghaigearraidh (0.59)
- Miss Kate MacCormick: Canntaireachd (2.10)
- Donald MacLean: Òigh Loch nam Madadh (2.32)
- Mrs Helen Morrison: A fhleasgaich òig as ceanalta (4.40)
- Roderick MacDonald: O, gur e mo ghaol a’ lasgain (2.21)
- Ronald John MacDonald: Horó, chan eil cadal orm (4.39)
- Mrs Rachel MacLeod: Òran an radain (0.57)
- Donald MacLean: Hì ho ró, mo ghruagach dhonn (2.26)
- Donald MacLean: Thug mi ’n oidhche raoir san àirigh (3.58)
- Angus MacDonald: Chì mi Clèatrabhal bhuam (2.34)
- Mrs Rachel MacLeod: Bàs an Fhìrein (2.57)
- Ronald John MacDonald: A Mhàiri bhòidheach (2.39)
> Folk Music > Records > Cruinneachadh Chaluim
Cruinneachadh Chaluim
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Scottish Tradition 26: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9026D (2 CD, UK, April 2015) |
Recorded by Calum MacLean (1915-1960);
Mastered by Peter Haigh of Pier House Studios;
Design by John Slavin at DesignFolk
Tracks
CD 1: Singers and Songs | CD 2: Instrumental Music |
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> Folk Music > Records > Sguaban À Tìr An Eòrna: Traditions of Tiree
Sguaban À Tìr An Eòrna: Traditions of Tiree
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Scottish Tradition 27: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9027 (CD, UK, June 2016) |
Various singers, storytellers and piping from the archives of The School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh.
Mastered by Peter Haigh of Pier House Studios;
Design by John Slavin at DesignFolk
Tracks
- Alastair MacNeill: Allaibh Arra Bò Choisinn Co-bheag (1.45)
- John Henderson: Columba and Mallachdaig (0.36)
- Margaret MacArthur: O Ho-Rò, ‘Ille Dhuinn (1.37)
- Donald Sinclair: Witchcraft (2.08)
- Alex Hector MacPhail: Port a Beul (2.34)
- Christine MacArthur: Bean a’ Chòtain Ruaidh (0.40)
- Donald Sinclair: Blar nan Sguab (3.00)
- Chrissie MacLean: Blanket Washing (1.27)
- Alastair MacNeill: Mo Nighean Donn à Còrnaig (1.45)
- Donald Sinclair: Oran an Fhuadaich (1.03)
- Canntaireachd (Hugh MacDonald) (3.19)
- Donald Sinclair: Elegy for Mrs Noble (2.31)
- Eilidh Kennedy and Mary Ann Campbell: Children’s Play Rhymes (0.39)
- Donald Sinclair: Diarmaid and Gràinne (5.44)
- Flora Bunning: Seo an Duan – Gaelic hymn (4.51)
- John Henderson: Cinderella (3.02)
- Donald Sinclair: An Imrich (1.05)
- John Henderson: Gilleasbaig Làidir and the Factor (2.44)
- Donald Sinclair: Archibald and Duncan Campbell (0.58)
- Chrissie MacLean: Emigrants Leaving Tiree for Canada, 1851 (1.45)
- Alex Lamont: Tiree Settlers at McIntyres’ Corners (2.57)
- Donald Sinclair: Great Tea Race 1866 – Ariel and Taeping (3.41)
- Hector Kennedy: Manitoba (5.14)
- Alastair MacNeill: Oran Mhanitoba (3.55)
- Hector MacLean: Hogmanay Rhyme (0.23)
- Donald Sinclair: Skerryvore Vurvivor (3.23)
- Hector Kennedy: Tha Mise Seo Gun Chroit Gun Sgoth (1.50)
- Colin Lamont: Oran a’ Chogaidh (3.08)
- Alasdair Sinclair: Piping (2.09)
> Folk Music > Records > Dhannsadh Gun Dannsadh: Dance-Songs of the Scottish Gaels
Dhannsadh Gun Dannsadh: Dance-Songs of the Scottish Gaels
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Scottish Tradition 28: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX9028 (CD, UK, December 2019) |
Mastered by Peter Haigh of Pier House Studios;
Design by John Slavin at DesignFolk
Tracks
- Mary Morrison and chorus of Barra women: Teann a-Nall Ailean Thugam: Bring Alan Over to Me (1.07)
- Annie Arnott: Tha Biodag Aig Macthòmais: Thomson Has a Dirk (Thomson’s Dirk) (1.37)
- Alasdair Boyd: Biodag Dhòmhnaill ‘Ic Alasdair: Donald Son of Alasdair’s Dirk (Skye Dance / MacAlister Wears a Dirk) (1.32)
- Calum Johnston: Nam Biodh Agam Giobal Bodaich: If I Had a Ragged Old Man (Clean Pease Strae) (0.33)
- Annie Arnott: Dhannsamaid Le Ailean: We Would Dance With Alan (0.47)
- John Kennedy: O Rì a Choma Leam (Dhòmhn’ ‘Ic Calmain): O Rì I Couldn’t Care Less (Donald MacCalman) (0.46)
- Rev Dr William Matheson: Faca Tu Saor an T-Sabhaidh?: Did You Joiner of Sawing? (0.37)
- Mary Morrison and Flora Boyd: Bi Tàrr As (Fear Nan Casan Caola): Take Off (Man of the Skinny Legs) (0.31)
- Kenneth MacIver: Nam Bithinn Na Mo Mhaighdeann: If I Were a Maiden / Tha Fionnlagh Ag Innearadh: Finlay in Manuring / Mac a’ Phì: Mac-A-Phee (Mrs MacLeod of Raasay) (1.36)
- Kate MacDonald: Ruidhleadh Mo Nighean Donn: My Brown-Haired Girl Will Reel (The Brown-Haired Maid) (0.42)
- Jonathan MacDonald: Poca Sìl an T-Sealgair: The Hunter’s Sack of Seed / Nuair a Bha Mi an Cùl a’ Bhealaich (Ruidhle Beathaig): When I Was At the Back of Bealach (Beth’s Reel) (1.27)
- Chrissie Mary MacDonald: Fhuair Mi Nead Na Gurra-Gùig: I Found the Dove’s Nest (Lady Madelina Sinclair) (0.27)
- Kenneth MacIver: Càit Am Bi Na Maraichean: Where Will the Sailors Be? (1.13)
- Kate MacDonald: Nigheann Ruadh-Bhàn Aig Dòmhnall Ruadh Pìobair: Strawberry-Blond Daughter of Red Donald the Piper (0.25)
- Kitty MacLeod: Tighinn Air a’ Mhuir Am Fear a Phòsas Mi: Coming Over the Sea Is the One Whom I Will Marry (1.23)
- Nan MacKinnon: Tha Mi Dol a Dhèanamh Banais: I’m Going to Wed (The Mason’s Apron / the Isla Reel) (1.06)
- Donald MacColl: Tha Fonn Air a’ Ghille Dhonn: The Brown Haired Lad Is on Good Form (1.06)
- Annie Arnott: Dh’Fhalbhainn Fada Ris a’ Ghealaich: I Would Travel Far By Moonlight (1.15)
- Kate MacDonald: Dh’Fhalbhainn Fhin Leìs an Tàillear Mhòr: I Would Leave With the Big Tailor (The White Cockade) (0.58)
- Donald MacColl: Cha Toirinn Còig Pheighinn Oirre: I Wouldn’t Give Five Pence for Her (1.43)
- Kenneth MacIver: Tha M’ Inntinn Raoir: My Mind Last Night (Munlochy Bridge) / Siubhad a Bhalachaibh: Go on Lads (Devil in the Kitchen) (2.25)
- John MacInnes: Dili O Iodalam / Tha Bean Agam Tha Taigh Agam: A Wife I Have, a House I Have / Dòmhnall Dubh Nan Gobhar: Black-haired Donald of the Goats (Jenny Dang the Weaver) (1.47)
- Capt Donald Joseph MacKinnon: Am Fear a Dh’ith Am Bonnach Mòr: The One Who Ate the Big Bannock (Munlochy Bridge) / Siud an Rud a Binn Am Milleadh: That’s the Thing That Caused the Ruin (1.10)
- John MacInnes: Gheibh Sinn Ribinnean Mòra, Mòra: We’ll Get Big, Big Ribbons (1.09)
- John Shaw: Air Do Shlàinte, Mhàiri an Dotair (U Bhi a Bhi): Here’s to Your Health, Mary of the Doctor / Mac a’ Phì: Mac-A-Phee (High Road to Linton) (1.35)
- John MacInnes: Ruidhleadh Gogan a’ Chinn Mhòir: The Big-Headed Lout Reels (Cawdor Fair) / Maireabhal: Marrival (1.59)
- James MacDonald: Tha Maoileas Mòr Na Guailleadh: Big Myles of the Shoulders / Eadar a Dhà Ghàrradh: Between Two Dykes (1.42)
- Alex Hector MacPhail: Cairistiona Chaimbeul: Christina Campbell (The Miller of Drone) / Nam Amadan: A Fool I Am (The Soldier’s Joy) (1.45)
- Nan MacKinnon: Is Math a Dhannsadh Uisdean Friseal: It Is Well That Hugh Fraser Dances (The Standard on the Braes of Marr) (0.59)
- Angus Campbell MacLeod: Far Am Bi Na Pìobairean (An Fhaidhir Mhuileach): Where the Pipers Will Be (The Lad Wi’ the Plaiddie / The Rose Among the Heather / The Mull Fair) / O Gur Duine Truagh Mi: Oh I Am a Wretched Man / Thoir a-Nall Ailean Thugam: Bring Alan Over to Me / Chuirinn Mo Bhalachan Shiubhal Nan Garbhlach: I’d Send My Lad to Travel the Rugged Country / Tha Fionnlagh Ag Innearadh: Finlay Is Manuring (4.40)
- Donald MacIntyre: Bidh Or Na Cailliche Duibhe: The Black Old Woman’s Gold (0.40)
- Angus Campbell MacLeod: Bidh Mi Orra Chùlaibh: I’ll Be At Our Back (The High Road to Linton) (0.56)