Song of the Week – Banks of the Vergio
As a follow-on to last weeks comment about Scottish ballads I offer this example of the you die, she dies, everyone dies, school of Scottish songwriting. This piece is a variation of Child Ballad #14 – “Babylon” or “The Bonnie Banks o Fordie.” This would date the song to at least 1882 when the first volume was published but I not certain how much earlier it might have originated.
This is another piece I learned from that old book of Campfire Songs. The notes accompanying the piece say that the “wee pen knife” referred to in the song was originally a “weapon knife” which makes more sense.
Banks of the Vergio by Glen E Hammer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
I was hoping to make it to Oldenfeld this weekend but I popped my back out Sunday so I’m not certain if I will be able to go. I think so at this time but I’ll have to see.
Not a Bard 