Bothy Songs and Ballads of Aberdeen, Banff & Moray Angus and the Mearns

Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1974. N1 - A reprint hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tiny tears on the edges and corners, less than half-inch tear with crease on the back top, bubble crease on the front upper left side and back upper right side, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, previous owner's info stamped on the top page edges and front free endpaper, previous owner's inscription written on the front free endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes a laid in publisher's label SIGNED and note written by John B. Welch (great-grandson of the author). The Scottish Reprint Library. With a foreword by Robert S. Rait. 8.75"x5.5", 493 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Folk music was one of the special interests of John Ord, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and his Bothy Songs and Ballads, first published in 1930, is an important source book for everyone interested in folk songs and ballads. During the period that John Ord made this collection the bothy night was the recognized form of entertainment of the farming community and the words and music which he recorded personally are the traditional forms as actually sung in the bothies and farms of the north-east of Scotland. Many of them deal with the incidents of daily life which vary with changing social customs and thus provided a living picture of Scots rural life in a past age, a way of life which has now disappeared. The songs in the book, many with music, deal, with food, drink, love, work, play, war, tragedy, comedy, and range from well-known favourites like 'Bonnie Lass of Fyvie', 'Johnnie Lad', 'Bonnie Ship the Diamond' and 'There's Whisky in the Jar' to little-known gems such as 'Jock Hawk's Adventures in Glasgow', 'Courtin' in the Stable', 'Irish Molly O', and 'Oor Dochter Jean'. This is a book which should appeal to all students of folk music and to all with an interest in Scottish life and character.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.