Aikey Brae

DESCRIPTION: Sunday, singer and his friends go to the horse market at Aikey Fair. He dresses for Sunday. He is surprised by all the cars on the road. He is disturbed by the goings on on the Sabbath where even a minister is drowned out by the activities.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Tobar an Dualchais, Andrew Robbie)
KEYWORDS: commerce religious horse technology
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Andrew Robbie, "Aikey Brae". School of Scottish Studies Archive SA1960.150.151,Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches accessed 5 March 2017 from http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/77155/5
Roud #2500
RECORDINGS:
Daisy Chapman, "Aikey Brae" (on SCDChapman01)
File: RcAikBra

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