Greig Duncan Map

Twitter account for the Greig Duncan Folk Song Collection Map, created by Aberdeenshire Libraries.

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Inverurie - Concert for International Day of Music on Friday 21st June. Free but book a ticket at https://t.co/guEFPr0qJF

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We'll be taking a festive Twitter break, returning to our A to Z of songs from the Greig-Duncan collection on the 11th January 2019.
In the meantime we'd like to wish all our fab, folky followers a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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In our A-Z this week it's 'Strichen's Plantins' which could refer to the Plantago genus of flowering plants, or small 'plantations' of woodland. Sung by Charlie Reid, and as Hamish Henderson observes - 'A really lovely song'. https://t.co/y2A5IEAP7G #folksongfriday
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Strathdon in our A-Z and 'The Braes of Strathdon' here sung by Emily Sinclair. https://t.co/jynJIZLoqM A lad 'with a reputation' proposes and is rebuffed. The girl later changes her mind but by that time he's no longer interested. #folksongfriday #greigduncan

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Ballad of Lord Ronald, poisoned by his lover. Listed in the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection one of many great resources in #GCUArchives Political Song Collection. @AliRobertsMusic created a beautifully haunting contemporary version #GreigDuncan
#PoliticalSong
#FolksongFriday

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Straloch this week and the 'Miller of Straloch' who is neither troubled by the drink, nor 'is there one of the female sex can keep my sleep from me'. He's happy though, as long as he has a pinch of snuff to enjoy. Sung by John Strachan. https://t.co/sdZwxf3py4 #folksongfriday

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Congratulations to @ionafyfe on being named Scots Singer of the Year at #NaTrads. A great ambassador for the North East and our rich ballad tradition. Weel done quine!

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After a few weeks off we're back to our A-Z with Stonehaven and 'Atween Stanehive and Laurencekirk' sung by Willie Mathieson. A warning about courtin the Kitchie Maid fan there's a jealous Nursemaid aboot! #folksongfriday https://t.co/vEMOcHk7yl

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'Sleepytoon' this week sung by Andrew Robbie with great descriptions of the Baillie 'so thin and sma, sidewyes he's hardly seen ava' and the Ferm Loon 'his briks are at ticht, he's feart ti sit doon'. https://t.co/U7Kj281GzN #folksongfriday #greigduncan

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On to 'S' in our A-Z and Mrs Greig of Sandlaw. If you want to sing along with Jimmy Taylor the chorus goes 'Tow row row row, fill aal de diddle irie, fill aal de diddle irie, de tow row row!' #folksongfriday #greigduncan https://t.co/Djv5a2Kiw3

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A cheery little song for a Friday. Boy meets girl. Boy proposes. Girl says no. Boy throws himself off a rock. Girl dies of broken heart. 'The Shepherd Lad o' Rhynie' sung by George Hay. #greigduncan #folksongfriday
https://t.co/5GlCPLHNnK

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This week in our A-Z it's Pitgair, also known as Charlie, O' Charlie. Like many ballads, the names mentioned are of real people who can be traced in the census records of the time. This great version is by @ionafyfe https://t.co/hrI306ACmx

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'The High Rocks of Pennan' this week in our A-Z. If you can brave the vertiginous road down to the village, you can see where Local Hero was filmed. This version of the song is from Emily Sinclair https://t.co/kMTQA9Oowk #folksongfriday #greigduncan

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Mormond Braes in our A-Z of placenames this week and this version from Socks in the Frying Pan (what a great name for a band!) https://t.co/pt0errsv6w

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North of New Deer lies 'Mains o Culsh'. This version of the ballad of the same name comes from Kath Campbell, one of the editors of the monumental Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection - the eighth and final volume being published in 2002. https://t.co/xXoQOh1s0D #folksongfriday

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To the Lyne o' Skene this week in the A-Z of placenames and a broadside of 'The Bodies o' the Lyne o' Skene' from the @natlibscot collection https://t.co/j2gyeWByDK Auld farran and canty bodies - old fashioned and pleasant folk. #folksongfriday #greigduncan

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Inverurie this week in our A-Z and 'The Banks of Inverurie'. Check out the description below Iona's video on Youtube https://t.co/IgrsWK8Fbe for a potted history of the song, and here's the link to one of the broadsides she mentions. https://t.co/ZsRUYZRpyC #folksongfriday

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Back after a couple of weeks break with the tale of 'the Battle of Harlaw' in 1411. It's sung here by the great Jeannie Roberston MBE - the first folksinger and first traveller to receive such an honour. https://t.co/m3PnKVNuz4 #folksongfriday

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Applications are now open for our new Acting and Traditional Music programmes which are have been created for our Junior Conservatoire in #Fraserburgh #applynow #Northeastarts https://t.co/FQ3RZYkZZQ

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Remember this Saturday at 2.30 at the Salmon Bothy, Portsoy, the Greig-Duncan Song Competition. Competing for the WWC Trophy. Open to Snr and
Jnrs (u15) singers, performing a song of their choice from the Greig-Duncan Collection of folk songs. @BothyFolk #9thHaal