Songs and Ballads of Dundee

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The Constable of Dundee		Collected by William Christie in the 1860s.
Broughty Wa's		Child 258.
Bonnie Annie Livieston		Child 222. From the Sharpe MS.
There Cam a Laddie Frae the North		From Ord's Bothy Ballads (1930).
Bonnie Susie Cleland		As sung by Jim Reid.

The Skipper o' Dundee		Words old, tune composed by Jim Reid.
The Banks o' Sweet Dundee		From Christie.
The Roon-Moo'ed Spade
The Wife o' Denside		Text from Haunted Dundee (1923). Tune Hey Johnnie Cope.
The Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee		Scott.
Killiecrankie		From Hogg's Jacobite Relics of Scotland (1819-21).
Lady Dundee's Lament		Written by Lady John Scott.
The Piper o' Dundee		From Hogg's Jacobite Relics of Scotland (1819-21).
The Tay Bridge Disaster		From the singing of Mrs Balfour of Lindores, Fife.
The Lang Awa Ship		Written by Isabella Boyd (1808-88) of Dundee.
The Sailor Laddie I		Collected by Gavin Greig.
The Sailor Laddie II		Collected by Maurice Fleming
We're Bound to St Peter's		Collected by Maurice Fleming.
Foondry Lane		Written by Mary Brooksbank.
Old Dundee Town Once More		From a Poet's Box sheet.
Dundee Once More		Written by Mary Brooksbank.
From Sweet Dundee		Collected by Gardiner and Guyer in 1906 from Frederick White of Southampton.
The Dundee Whaler		Composed by Nigel Gatherer.
How Cauld Those Winds		Collected by Maurice Fleming.
The Balaena		From the singing of Stewart Brown, singer with the Dundee folk group The Lowland Folk.
The Old Polina		Collected by Maurice Fleming.
Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie		Learned by Jim Reid from Archie Fisher.
Jockey's Escape from Dundee		From a broadside, "To its own proper Tune".
The Cooper o' Dundee		Collected by Robert Burns.
The Dundee Weaver		As sung by Stewart Brown.
The Overgate		A) From the singing of Belle Stewart. B) From the singing of Jim Reid.
The Beefcan Close		As sung by Annie Watkins.
Beware of an Aberdonian		A) As sung by Eck Harley B) From the singing of John White, peat Inn, Fife.
The Back o' Reres Hill		A) From the singing of Eck Harley. B) Collated from a version in Ord's Bothy Ballads and a Poet's Box sheet. C) As sung by Stuatie Foy, Dundee.
The Magdalene Green		A) From Eck Harley. B) Jim Reid's tune.
Down By the Yeaman Shore		From a Poet's Box sheet.
The Dundee Lassie		Written by Mary Brooksbank.
The Jute Mill Song		Written by Mary Brooksbank.
Tired o' Workin'		From Jim Reid. The song started out as a poem from 'Lays and Lyrics from the Factory' (David Carnegie, 1878). Jim rewrote the words and added the tune.
Auld Maid In a Garret		From the singing of Maureen Rooney, Dundee.
Betsy Bell		From the singing of Annie Watkins, Dundee.
The Spinner's Wedding		Written by Mary Brooksbank.
Johnny Shaw's a Decent Chap
The Strike Song		From the singing of Mary Brooksbank.
The Bureau		A) Based on a version collected from Alec Clark of Dundee by Maurice Fleming. B) Based on a version from Annie Watkins, Dundee.
Blin' Hughie		From a Poet's Box sheet.
Jenny Marshall's Candy O		From Dundee Worthies (George Martin, 1934).
Worthies of Dundee I		From a Poet's Box sheet.
Fizzy Gow's Tea Party		From Dundee Worthies (George Martin, 1934).
Cadgers o' Dundee		From a Poet's Box sheet.
Indygo Blue		From a Poet's Box sheet.
Donal Don		From Ford's Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland (1899-1901).
Blind Mattie		Written by Stewart Brown.
Worthies of Dundee II		As sung by Jim Reid.
Lochee		As sung by Charlie Lamb, Lochee. Composed by William Harkins.
Stobbie Parliament Picnic		Words and Music by Jim Reid.
The Banks of Sweet Dundee II		A) From Eck Harley. B) Jim reid's tune.
Scots Callan o' Bonnie Dundee		From a Poet's Box sheet and the singing of Jim Reid.
Jamie Frae Dundee		From a collection printed and sold by J McFadyen, Glasgow, c.1796 (Watlen Collection).
Donald o' Dundee		Written by David Vedder (1790-1854).
Betsy o' Dundee		Text from a Poet's Box sheet. Tune from the singing of Mr Dorman of New Brunswick, taken from Folksongs from Southern New Brunswick (Helen Creighton).
Bonnie Broughty Ferry Fisher Lass		From a Poet's Box sheet. Tune given as Shannon Side.
The Road to Dundee		A) From the singing of Belle Stewart. B) Charlie Lamb's tune.
Rose o' Dundee		From a Poet's Box sheet.
Ma Bonnie Wee Lochee Lass		As sung by Annie watkins, Dundee.
As I Cam Ower Strathmartine Mains		Recorded from mary Brooksbank by Maurice Fleming.
The Iron Horse		A) Tune from Archie Webster. Text as sung by Eck Harley. B) Charlie lamb's tune.
The Wife o' Dundee		From Eck Harley.
The Pear Tree		From the singing of Dave Marshall, Methven.
I'll Awa Hame		From the singing of Annie Watkins, Dundee.
Dundee Jail		From a Poet's Box sheet.
Sandy's Mill		As sung in part by Archie Webster, Strathkinness.
The Bombin Raid		Words and music by Tom Shannon, Lochee. As sung by Charlie Lamb.
Robbie an' Granny		As sung by Charlie lamb, Lochee.
Andra Carnegie		Collected by maurice Fleming.
The Nicht That Oor Mag Had Her Bairn		As sung by Charlie Lamb, Lochee.
Catherine Street		Words and music by Jim Reid.
Pull Doon the Chimneys		Words and music by Catherine Smith, Dundee.
Comin Ower the Tay Brig		Words and music by Stewartie Foy, Dundee.
We're No Awa Tae Bide Awa		From the singing of Catherine Smith.