As part of her Residency at Celtic and Scottish Studies (2012-13), Frieda Morrison prepared a selection of singers' performances of songs from the "Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection".
These songs are available on Youtube and via this page.
Steve Byrne
Steve Byrne sang 3 songs for the project "Besuthian", "Johnnie o’ Braidiesley" and "Sweet Willie and Fair Annie".
Kath Campbell
Kath Campbell performed two songs, "Young Emma" and "The Mains o Culsh". These are available below and on Youtube.
Aileen Carr
Aileen Carr performed five songs from the collection: "The Earl of Errol", "Malley Lee", "Mount and Go", This is Nae My Plaid" and "The Road and the Miles to Dundee".
Scott Gardiner
Scott Gardiner performed two songs: "Guise o' Tough" and "Cairn o' Mount".
Brian Miller
Brian Miller performed two songs: "Rigs o' Rye" and "Johnnie o' Braidisley".
Jo Miller
Jo Miller performed "Fair Isabel", "Jeanie Nettle", and "The Sodger's Joy".
Siobhan Miller
Siobhan Miller sang two songs: "The Queen's Four Maries" and "The Twa Sisters".
Frieda Morrison
Frieda Morrison performed two songs from the Greig-Duncan collection: "The Present Time is Oors" and "Johnny Sangster".
Lucy Pringle
Lucy Pringle recorded two songs: "Young Emma" and "The Laird o' Elfin".
The Spiers Family
The Spiers Family performed four songs: "Braes o' Broo", "The Handsome Cabin Boy", "Greenland" and "O But I'm Weary".
Alison McMorland
Alison McMorland performed three solo songs from the Greig-Duncan collection: "Burns and his Heilan' Mary", "Edom o' Gordon" and "Twa Years Ower Young".
Geordie McIntyre
Geordie MacIntyre sang three songs from the Greig-Duncan collection: "Jamie Raeburn", "Nancy Whisky" and "Once More for Greenland we are Bound", he also performed "Braes o' Balquhidder" as a duet with Alison McMorland.
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the funding received from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and from the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh which made this recording project possible. Special thanks are due to all the singers who participated in the project. Additionally we wish to thank Stuart Robinson for filming and editing work, as well as for the upload of materials and the creation of the website. Thanks are also due to Caroline Milligan and Christine Lennie for helping to facilitate the recording sessions.
