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Scottish Tradition (5) -The Muckle Sangs
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Classic Scots Ballads featuring some of Scotland's finest traditional singers. The material here is from the archives of The School of Scottish Studies and the CD forms part of the highly acclaimed "Scottish Tradition" series of recordings. The performances represent the oral tradition as it has been handed down through generations. Among the nineteen tracks, you can hear powerful versions of ballads by the legendary Jeannie Robertson and also the magnificent voice and style of her daughter Lizzie Higgins, altogether about twenty legendary names from the Scottish tradition. The Muckle Sangs (the big songs or ballads).
Also available, The Muckle Sangs (Classic Scots Songs) fascinating booklet written to compliment this CD.
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| Track | Name | Listen |
| 1/1 | Glenlogie John Adams | |
| 1/2 | The Gypsy Laddies -Jeannie Robertson) / The Roving Ploughboy-John MacDonald | |
| 1/3 | The False Knight upon the Road - Bella Higgins and Duncan MacPhee and Nellie MacGregor | |
| 1/4 | The Bonnie Banks o' Fordie - Minnie Haman | |
| 1/5 | The Twa Brothers - Sheila MacGregor | |
| 1/6 | Tam Lin - Betsy Johnston and Willie Whyte | |
| 1/7 | The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter - Lizzie Higgins | |
| 1/8 | The Bold Pedlar - Geordie Roberston | |
| 1/9 | The Twa Sisters Betsy Whyte | |
| 1/10 | The Jollie Beggar - Lizzie Higgins | |
| 1/11 | Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen -Jessie Murrary and Willie Edward | |
| 1/12 | Young Johnston - Betsy Whyte | |
| 1/13 | Young Beicham - Campbell MacLean and Bella Higgins | |
| 1/14 | The Keach in the Creel - Jimmy MacBeath | |
| 1/15 | Clyde's Water - John Strachan and Willie Edward | |
| 1/16 | Sir Hugh and the Jew's Daughter - Margaret Stewart | |
| 1/17 | The Broom o' the Cowdenknowes - Jimmy MacBeath | |
| 1/18 | Jamie Telfer o' the Fair Dodhead - Willie Scott | |
| 1/19 | Andrew Lammie - Jane Turriff and Sheila MacGregor |
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