FTX 262 - THE
HILLS O' GALLOWA'
SONGS
OF SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND
| Songs recorded in Kircudbrightshire by Seamus Ennis in
May 1953 and by Peter Kennedy in July 1954. The main contributors were two
brothers, Togo and Burns Crawford living and working on farms near Mossdale.
Two of their songs can be heard on other Folktrax albums CA THE YOWES on
FTX 013 and THE BEGGARMAN on FTX 503. The other singers include two more
brothers, Sam & Willie McNeily, James McGravey, Billy Gordon and William
Wallace. |
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Togo Crawford - Galloway shepherd (Photo by Peter Kennedy
1954) |
THE PLOOIN' MATCH AT DINWIDDIE GREEN - KIRKCUDBRI' TOON - THE
BRAES O STRATHBLANE - TAMU - THE FARMER'S BOY - THE BULLOCK-MAN FRAE MIDTOWN
- CORUNNA'S LONE SHORE - THE GATES OF DRUM - FAREWEEL YE AULD FAITHFUL -THE
HAYMAKING SONG - THE PLOOMEN'S FAREWELL TO HIS HORSES - JIMMY RAEBURN - I'M
MARRIED TO AN ENGLISH WIFE - PUT YOUR PEN TO PAPER, JOHN - TYNRON GLEN - THE
SOLDIER'S FAREWELL - THE BANKS OF CLYDE - THE BANKS OF LOCH RYAN -. CANADIE-I-O
- BONNY JEANNIE SHAW - THE BEGGARMAN - KIRCUDBRIGHT'S PRAISES - THE FEEIN TIME
AT DUMFRIES HIRING FAIR - THE HILLS O' GALLOWA
