Learned from the singing of Dick Gaughan on his 'Handful of Earth' album, this song was sung by John Strachan at the 1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh. It tells the tale of Duncan Campbell, a Highlander in Edinburgh, who has an altercation with a Policeman after he is mistaken for an Irishman.
credits
from Beginnings - EP,
released November 17, 2016
Hannah Rarity: Vocals
Innes White: Guitar
Sally Simpson: Viola
Conal McDonagh: Whistle
Produced/Engineered/Mixed and Mastered
by Scott Wood at Oak Ridge Studios.
Just getting back into folk music. In my folking days it was Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, Dick Gaughan, the Dansfields etc., and I was afraid there wouldn't be anything as good around today. I was wrong. This is beautiful and stands with the best. Del Buck
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I noticed that with every new song she'll bring something warm, something new, something heartbreaking and then a big plaster and a cup of hot chocolate so you can sit there thinking 'what the hell?'. olaindeach