Traditional Singer from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Vol. 1: Child Ballads

Folklorist Kenneth Goldstein recorded these nine ballads by Scotland singer Lucy Stewart in her own home and under relatively natural conditions (the children were shooed away). Goldstein writes in the liner notes that Stewart's singing was "exceedingly spirited, fast paced and fragmentary. That is, in the course of conversation she would suddenly break into song, singing one or two verses, unless prodded to finish the piece." Over the course of the year Goldstein spent with the Stewart family, he recorded 175 songs from Lucy Stewart alone—and Stewart was the only member of her family to not read any music or play an instrument! Liner notes include explanations from Goldstein, photographs of Lucy Stewart singing, and song lyrics.

Track Listing

101	The Battle o' Harlaw (Child 163)	Lucy Stewart	06:17
102	Two Pretty Boys (Child 49)	Lucy Stewart	03:43
103	Tifty's Annie (Child 233)	Lucy Stewart	04:37
104	The Laird o' Drum (Child 236)	Lucy Stewart	05:21
201	Doon by the Greenwood Sidie O (Child 20)	Lucy Stewart	05:11
202	The Beggar King (Child 279)	Lucy Stewart	03:19
203	The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie (Child 199)	Lucy Stewart	04:33
204	Barbary Allen (Child 84)	Lucy Stewart	03:04
205	The Swan Swims So Bonnie O (Child 10)	Lucy Stewart	03:40