Teribus (fragment)

Audio file
Date recorded: November 14, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: MacBeath, Jimmy; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: ballad
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: Probably Alan Lomax's flat
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3437
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: T3437R02
Note: Ewan McVicar: Teribus "is the ancient town tune of the Borders town of Hawick, thought by some to be a pre-Christian invocation to the Norse gods Tyr and Odin. Border poet James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd (1770-1835) wrote 24 stanzas to the tune, a heroic tale of a flag won in glorious battle with the English and still displayed in Hawick. Hogg's chorus is 'Teribus, ye Teri-Odin. Sons of heroes slain at Flodden, / Imitating Border bowmen, Ay defend your rights and common.' " From "Jimmy MacBeath: Tramps and Hawkers," Rounder CD 1834, 2002.
Belongs to: Jimmy MacBeath 11/53
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