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Hughie the Graham - Child Ballad #191

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First published at 01:28 UTC on March 25th, 2024.

danielkelly

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I have had the chance to sing Colin Dryden's 'Factory Lad' a few times over the past month, at the Canberra Irish Club St. Patrick's day celebration and also during the Song Swap with @PiersCawley this weekend.

(You can watch t…

(You can watch the video of the song swap for a few weeks here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/502TMa2Adk4 )

I found a comment by @LioraC that this song, Hughie the Graham was in Colin's repertoire. Mostly likely the version that Ewan MacColl and June Tabor do:
https://youtu.be/ujdj25BAz0o

Here is the MainlyNorfolk discussion:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/june.tabor/songs/hughiegraeme.html

And a blog discussing the possible origins:
http://walterscott.eu/education/ballads/reiver-ballads/hughie-the-graeme/

Like many of these story ballads, it isn't clear if the story is about real people.

Clan Graham history:
http://www.scotlandinoils.com/clan/Clan-Graham.html

I am using the lyrics from this 1803 Water Scott collection: https://archive.org/details/bib_fict_4103475_3

Purchase my music:
Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

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