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| | | | Page 05275- 05278 : Johnnie o Bradesleys [song text] Robert Taylor (contributor), Spey Cottage, Inch Berry, by Fochabers, Scotland, 1931 |
| | Item Summary | | | Title | Johnnie o Bradesleys |
| Reference Code | AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 05275- 05278 |
Scope and Content Notes | Genre | song - Child ballad |
| First line | Johnnie rose on a May morning |
| Headed 'Great favorite in bothies'. Note at end gives name [of contributor?] Robert A. Clark. |
| Type Number | Child 114, Johnie Cock |
Contextual Notes | Contributor 76 years old: knew Dean Christie. Mother, Mrs Jane Young-Taylor, gave him several songs; she was born in Achendreth, near Fochabers, and died aged 80, after Dean Christie's death. She sang 'Bay o Biscay', 'Battle Waterl Blaeberries'[?], 'Bonnets o Blue'. |
| Robert Taylor knew ' Johnnie Toll', a crazy minstrel who gave Christie 'The Duke o Gordon's Daughter', described as old, dark, thin, and wore a lum hat; boys at school would tease him into a frenzy of oaths, then he would turn round and sing 'The Duke o Gordon's daughter'. 'Smored in hayloft near Rathven'. |
| Note at end states 'Heard about sixty years ago'. |
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