Recorded by Hamish Henderson in Dundee and Edinburgh in 1954, 1955, and 1962;
Produced for Topic by Tony Engle;
Notes by Hamish Henderson;
Photography by Mike Yates;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musical Traditions CD review by Vic Smith

Musicians

Davie Stewart: vocals, accordion

Tracks

Side 1

1. MacPherson’s Rant (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (6.09)
2. The Jolly Beggar (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (4.27)
3. The 74^th Highlander’s Farewell to Edinburgh / The Piper’s Bonnet / Mrs MacLeod of Raasay cantering (2.00)
4. I’m Often Drunk and I’m Seldom Sober (Roud 3135) (3.20)
5. Taghter Jack Walsh / The Connaughtman’s Rambles jigs (1.09)
6. The Overgate (Roud 866) (3.25)

Side 2

7. The Merchant’s Son (Roud 2153; G/D 2:303; TYG 65) (2.50)
8. The Daft Piper (Roud 5140) (6.25)
9. Boulavogue (Roud 2356) (3.47)
10. Harvest Home hornpipe (2.11)
11. The Dowie Dens o’ Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (4.00)

All tracks trad.

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 and produced by Alan Lomax in his London apartment in 1957;
All tracks except [11, 19] are previously unreleased.

Musical Traditions CD review by Vic Smith

Musicians

Davie Stewart: vocals, accordion

Tracks

1. The Tarves Rant (Roud 4847; G/D 3:576) (6.06)
2. The Hash o’ Bennagoak (Roud 1527) (2.47)
3. Last Nicht I Was in the Granzie (Roud 2159) (2.47)
4. Onything at all for a few coppers interview (4.39)
5. Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (3.34)
6. Go on, sing another song interview (2.02)
7. Tramps and Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487) (5.49)
8. A wagon of their own, maybe three or four ponies interview (3.06)
9. McGinty’s Meal and Ale (Roud 2518; G/D 3:630) (4.54)
10. The first song that I ever learned interview (1.25)
11. MacPherson’s Rant (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (6.44)
12. Auld Jock Bruce o’ the Fornet (Roud 3937; G/D 3:372) (3.26)
13. Nicky Tams (Roud 1875) (2.58)
14. The Highland Tinker (Roud 863) (1.38)
15. Maggie the Milkmaid (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (2.48)
16. The Dying Ploughboy (Roud 2514; G/D 3:700) (4.02)
17. Jamie Raeburn (Roud 600; G/D 8:1535; Henry H151) (4.30)
18. Bing Avree, Dilly interview (1.44)
19. The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (6.26)