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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFonds
Ref NoMS 795
TitleCollection of Scottish folk songs with music gathered by John Marshall and James Massie
Date1777-1835
Extent2 volumes
Administrative HistoryJohn Marshall, fl 1835
James Massie, Aberdeen, fl. 1777
Custodial HistoryPossibly associated with William Walker, who deposited related Scottish folk song and ballad material (including the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, GB 231 MS 0701 - 0790) in the University c 1922.
SourceDate and source not recorded
DescriptionCollection of Scottish folk songs with music, gathered by John Marshall, c 1835. Examples of tunes include My Mary's no more (music by Dempster, poetry by Burns); Adieu My Native Land; Scots wha hae; Draw the Sword Scotland; Meet me by the Moonlight ; Hurrah for the Bonnets of Blue.

Collection of Scottish folk songs (music only), compiled by James Massie, Aberdeen, 1777. The tunes, which are written in staff notation, [? for violin], include A Bumpkine ; Kind Kissing Johnnie; The Bridge of Perth; The Restoration March ; The Flowers of the Forest.
Access StatusOpen
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