Interview with Jeannie Robertson about My Son David

Audio file

Date recorded: November 30, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: Robertson, Jeannie; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: interview/commentary

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: T3461

Track Number: 5

Archive ID: T3461R05

Note: Jeannie explains the story of "My Son David" to Alan. It's "an old, old ballad," she says.

Belongs to: Jeannie Robertson II 11/53

About the session: Interviews with and songs sung by Regina "Jeannie" Robertson, MBE, "acclaimed balladeer of Scotland's travelling clans."

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