The Laird O Drum (part 1)

Audio file
Date recorded: May 30, 1958
Contributor(s): Performer: Robertson, Jeannie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: ballad, Child 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: T3467
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T3467R03
Note: Child ballad No. 236. Alexander Irvine of Drum whose first wife had been Lady Mary Gordon, was reduced to poverty through support of the Stuart cause. Not long before he died in 1687, he married a second time to a shepherd's daughter, discomfitting his relations but pleasing the ballad makers.
Belongs to: Jeannie Robertson 5/58
About the session: Interviews with and songs sung by Regina "Jeannie" Robertson, MBE, "acclaimed balladeer of Scotland's travelling clans."
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