- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd (24 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0862414776
- ISBN-13: 978-0862414771
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 681,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"All of us should own and cherish Emily Lyle's trove of eighty unbelievably truthful songs." --"Scotland on Sunday"
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This volume is a collection of Scotland's classic ballads. They have been sung and remembered, from the "debatable lands" of the Border country to Solway Moss and the far North-East for over 300 years. This oral tradition features timeless tales of supernatural beauty and terror, of love, betrayal, jealousy and war. More than this, the great ballads have been a regularly recurrent source of inspiration and influence in all fields of Scottish literature and culture, from the days of Watson, Ramsay, Burns, Hogg and Scott, to early-modern scholars, such as Francis James Child from America, and Gavin Greig, the Buchan schoolteacher and collector. Equally important have been the tradition-bearers and singers through the ages, most often women, such as Anna Gordon of Falkland, and in more recent times the late Jeannie Robertson, her daughter Lizzie Higgins and many others who have kept the songs of the people so vigorously alive in the mouths of the people themselves.
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Delightful !
1 Sep 2003
Format:Hardcover
This is a delightful collection of oral ballads recorded in printed form for historical preservation. But one can't help but feel the music of the language, preserved much like what one finds in Burns' poetry. The "songs" reveal the story and focus of historical Scotland --- the battles, the border skirmishes, the distrust of the English. They also depict the anguishes and joys of lords, lasses, ladies, and lairds in love, death, scandal, and betrayal. There is magic in the demons, devils,and elves, but delight throughout.
If I were to change one thing, it would be to present the notes at the end as a preface to each of the respective ballads. The current publication appears to be directed towards those who are already familiar with its contents. The audience is far larger. It encompasses all those searching for an understanding of Scottish life and culture. It has been 200 years since my Scottish ancestors left its shores, but there is something in my genes that still sings with these ballads!
If I were to change one thing, it would be to present the notes at the end as a preface to each of the respective ballads. The current publication appears to be directed towards those who are already familiar with its contents. The audience is far larger. It encompasses all those searching for an understanding of Scottish life and culture. It has been 200 years since my Scottish ancestors left its shores, but there is something in my genes that still sings with these ballads!
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