Song of the Week – Jamie Raeburn’s Farewell
Enough of that Irish stuff, this week’s song is Scottish. Technically no one dies in the song, an oddity for a Scottish ballad, but things are not looking up for poor Jamie. The song was originally published around 1850 and likely refers to the Transportation of Jamie, i.e. shipping him off to Australia. The Tannahill Weavers are probably the best-known group to record the song but a number of people have also recorded a version. Including me! I found the song in a folk song book I checked out of the library.
Jamie Raeburn’s Farewell by Glen E Hammer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
I hope you are all as amused by my attempt at a Scottish accent as I am. It was the hardest thing not to switch over to an Irish brogue.
I’m sorry I had such a rocky start to the year. Hopefully I’m back on track now. =)
I went to Trident Tourney with some friends who were down from the Midrealm. Again it was brought home to me why I don’t like the cabins at the site because people don’t congregate outside. That makes it hard for a wandering minstrel to find an audience. But then again, I got to stay in one of the cabins for the first time and they are pretty nice. Probably not nice enough to tempt me from daytripping though.
Probably no events until next month but may be at Lion’s Tourney, Scots/Welsh War and Golden Lily in Meridies. Future plans may include Pennsic and some events in Artemisia and Antir.
Not a Bard 