Billy Kay, Sangsters. Episode 2

Описание: Billy Kay celebrates the pouer o Scots sang wi a wheen o the maist kenpeckle sangsters singin in the tradeition the day. In the saicont programme, Billy is jyned bi Shona Donaldson fae Huntly an Chris Wright fae Broughty Ferry wha explore their local sangs. Huntly in Aiberdeenshire maun be coontit as ane o the sang capitals o Scotland an here Shona sings awthin fae bothy ballads like Drumdelgie tae nonsense sangs like the Pirn Taed Loonie! Billy spiers at the audience “Hou monie o ye oot there actually ken that ye’re pirn taed?” Shona noo bides on Deeside wi her man Paul Anderson, ane o the finest fiddlers in the north east hertland o the Scots fiddle. Paul threaps that the Scots language o the area an the fiddle tradeition are bound thrang thegither – ane supportin the ither. We’ll also hear fae Iona Fyfe fae Huntly an Christy Scott fae Buckie aboot their identity wi the sangs an the leid o their hame area, wi Iona singin the bothy ballad Guise o Tough an Christy singin aboot a puir chiel wha’s never haed ony luck wi the lassies – The Muckle Gawkit Gype!

Chris Wright wrocht on the Kist o Riches projeck on sangs in the Schuil o Scottish Studies archive, an collectit ballads fae within a few miles o his hame aboot airts that are noo pairt o Dundee but were pairt o rural Angus no sae lang syne. Noo Steve an his frien Steve Byrne gae intae the schuils an gar bairns tak tent o a sang heritage that wis nearhaund gaun. We’ll end wi three o the brawest Scots sangs Billy kens – Iona singin Logie o Buchan, John Morran fae Ayrshire singin Burns’s Yestreen I had a Pint o Wine an finally Robyn Stapleton fae Stranraer singin an speakin the words o the Scots sang that’s noo an international anthem o frienship, Auld Lang Syne.

Originally aired on BBC Radio Scotland, Dec 2018.
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