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FTX-059 - JIM THE CARTER LAD

JIMMY MacBEATH -2-

Jimmy MacBEATH (1894-1974) with more Bothy Ballads of the North East and talk about "The Horseman's Word", the ploughmen's "secret society" for initiating new recruits with threats of the devil - also about song-making - THE FARMER, PLOUGHBOY AND THE DAIRYMAID - about Agreements, the Unions, horse-breaking - COME ALL YE LONELY LOVERS - about farm seductions - BOGIE'S BONNY BELLE - about living conditions, food and drink - DRUMDELGIE - MORMOND BRAES - about the hiring fairs, horse markets and "cornkisters" - THE AULD QUARRY KNOWES - "The Rascal Fair", beatings - THE BARNYARDS O' DELGATY
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