Interview with Jeannie Robertson about The Battle Of Harlaw and her mother's repetoire

Audio file

Date recorded: November 1, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: Robertson, Jeannie; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: Alan Lomax's flat
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3446
Track Number: 7
Archive ID: T3446R07
Note: Jeannie tells Lomax she can't remember where she learned "The Battle of Harlaw." She was the only one in the family who cared to learn her mother's songs. Her mother was born in eastern Aberdeenshire, where she learned "a lot of old songs."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Jeannie Robertson I 11/53
About the session: Interviews with and songs sung by Regina "Jeannie" Robertson, MBE, "acclaimed balladeer of Scotland's travelling clans." The last tape in the series, T3462, was recorded at a song swap, also featuring revival singer Isla Cameron (included here) as well as Irish singer/banjo player Margaret Barry (included in the Irish collection) and Appalachian ballad singer Jean Ritchie (included in both, depending on the context of her songs). Tape 3447 was presumably not recorded in early November, as the tape box reads "…30, 1953" but because the month is not known, the tape is included here.
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