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Item Summary

Formatsong text
TitleThe Cruel Mother
ContributorMrs Mary Stewart Robertson
Index NameRobertson, Mary Stewart
Place6 Auchreddie Road, New Deer, Scotland
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 06730

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - Child ballad
First lineAs I went doon by yon bonnie castle wall

5 stanzas
Type NumberChild 20, The Cruel Mother

Contextual Notes

Daughter of Donald Stewart, ' The Piper'.

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