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| | | | Page 07141 : The Grey Cock [song text] Peter Christie (contributor), 21 Shorehead, Stonehaven, Scotland |
| | Item Summary | | | Reference Code | AFC 1972/001, MS p. 07141 |
Scope and Content Notes | Genre | song - Child ballad |
| Alternative title | Saw Ye My Father? |
| First line | Saa ye my faether? or saa ye my maether? |
| Image overlaid with (apparently) a slip bearing the title of Child 255 'Willie's Fatal Visit'. |
| Type Numbers | Child 248, The Grey Cock Child 248, Saw You My Father? |
Contextual Notes | Learned from mother, Margaret Leiper, Finnan, (Port Lithan and Cove); she was 93 when she died in 1919. He may have heard grandfather and other old people in Newton Hill. Grandfather was 92 when he died, the 'greatest singer in village of singers', said to have been able to 'sing the clock round'. |
| Never heard more. None of remaining ballad given by Buchan. |
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