"Ord's Bothy Songs and Ballads" was first published around 1930. Superintendent John Ord of the Glasgow Police Force was a friend of the renowned Folk Song collector Gavin Greig and like Greig did much to preserve the songs of his native North-East. Ord has recorded the traditional forms as sung in the farm bothies of north-east Scotland. A rare treat for lovers of Scottish music. This paperback edition also has an illustrated introduction by internationally renowned folklorist Sandy Fenton, himself a native of the north-east of Scotland.