Scots Wha Hae

Audio file

Date recorded: August 31, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Mrs. Budge; Performer: Henderson, Hamish; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: topical song
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: The Ceilidh of the People's Festival Fringe, Oddfellows Hall
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3433
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T3433R04
Note: Ewan McVicar: "Generally considered Scotland’s own national anthem. Robert Burns wrote the lyric as what 'one might suppose to be [King Robert the Bruce’s] address to his heroic followers on that eventful morning' of 24 June 1314, when the Scots routed the army of King Edward II of England and regained their independence." From "1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh" CD, Rounder 2006.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Edinburgh 8/51
About the session: Recordings from the first People's Festival Ceilidh, part of the 1951 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ballads and songs sung by Jimmy MacBeath, John Strachan, Jessie Murray, and Blanche Wood; Gaelic pieces by Calum Johnson and Flora MacNeil; piping by John Burgess; MC'd by Hamish Henderson.
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