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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
 Cylinder Recordings
 Cylinder container : 007 : Ballads / Fochabers (Worst Ever)
 Dictaphone cylinder : Cylinder 007 : Ballads / Fochabers (Worst Ever), Fochabers
 

09:18 : The Broom of Cowdenknows [cylinder recording] Port Gordon Singer [Mrs Reid/Reed?] (contributor), Port Gordon

Item Summary

Formatcylinder recording
TitleThe Broom of Cowdenknows
ContributorPort Gordon Singer [Mrs Reid/Reed?]
Index NamePort Gordon Singer [Mrs Reid/Reed?]
PlacePort Gordon
Reference CodeAFC 1972/001, Cylinder 007 09:18

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - Child ballad

Disc states Another Singer/Port Gordon Singer, but this could well be Mrs Reid/Reed still; transcriptions match and give Mrs Isabella Reed, Port Gordon. (Port Gordon and Fochabers are close by.)
See also p. 00009, p. 12789a.
Duration 00:50
Type NumbersRoud 92
Child 217, The Broom of Cowdenknows

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Music NotationThe Broom o the Cowden Knowes [music notation] [song text] Mrs Isabella Reed (contributor), Port Gordon
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Disc RecordingThe Broom of the Cowden Knowes [disc recording] Port Gordon Singer [Mrs Reid/Reed?] (contributor), Another Singer (contributor)
Disc RecordingThe Broom o Cowden Knowes (continued) [disc recording] Port Gordon [Singer] 1 (contributor), Port Gordon

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