Johnny Cope

Audio file
Date recorded: April 2, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Henderson, Hamish; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: ballad, Jacobite song, topical song
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: 4 Downshire Hill
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3274
Track Number: 18
Archive ID: T3274R18
Belongs to: Hamish Henderson 4/51
About the session: Lomax' notes: "Hamish says most of these songs have still some amount of oral currency—however all have a certain amount of literary influence—all have been pivotal in various forms in some of these books, [e.g.] Hogg's Jacobite Relics."
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