Traditional music in England

Unidentified song: first line "Oh noo I'm tired o' fairm work, noo I'm tired o' me labour"

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:03:39

  • Cultures

    Scottish

  • Shelf mark

    1CDR0014027 (copy of C1034/237)

  • Subjects

    Scottish folk songs and music

  • Recording date

    1991-08-17

  • Is part of (Collection)

    John Howson Collection

  • Recording locations

    Duncan Williamson's home, Fife, Scotland, UK

  • Performers

    Williamson, Duncan, 1928- (singer, male)

  • Recordist

    Howson, John

  • Description

    Item notes: Preceded by singer talking about the song, which he wrote himself, about a man having a go at tossing the caber at the Highland Games. Performer notes: Scottish traveller, singer and storyteller; born in a tent on the shores of Loch Fyne in Argyll in 1928, the seventh of sixteen children.

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Unidentified song: first line "Oh noo I'm tired o' fairm work, noo I'm tired o' me labour"

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