Barnyards o' Delgaty, The

DESCRIPTION: The young man comes to Turra Market to seek work. A wealthy farmer promises him good conditions at Delgaty. The promises prove false; the horses are poor and lazy, and the working conditions bad. The man boasts of his abilities and cheerfully departs
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1904 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: work hardtimes abuse farming
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #4, p. 1, "The Barnyards o' Delgaty"; "Folk-Song in Buchan," pp. 70-71, "The Barnyards o' Delgaty" (2 texts)
Greig/Duncan3 347, "The Barnyards o' Delgaty" (13 texts, 14 tunes)
Kennedy-FolksongsOfBritainAndIreland 242, "The Barnyards o' Delgaty" (1 text, 1 tune)
Buchan-ABookOfScottishBallads 65, "The Barnyards o Delgaty" (1 text, 1 tune in appendix)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, pp. 214-215, "The Barnyards o' Delgaty" (1 text, 1 tune)
MacColl-PersonalChoice, p. 33, "The Barnyards o' Delgaty" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 199, "Barnyards of Delgaty" (1 text)
DT, BARNDELG
Roud #2136
RECORDINGS:
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, "The Barnyards of Delgaty" (on IRClancyMakem02)
Jimmy McBeath, "The Barnyards O' Delgaty" (on Voice05)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Parting Glass" (floating lyrics)
cf. "The State of Arkansas (The Arkansas Traveler II)" [Laws H1] (theme)
cf. "The Feeing Time (II)" (theme)
cf. "Linton Lowrie" (tune)
cf. "Darahill" (tune)
cf. "Rhynie" (tune, chorus, theme)
SAME TUNE:
Darahill (File: Ord276)
Linton Lowrie (File: HHH640)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Jock o' Rhynie
The Barnyards
Liltin Addie
Buchan Prodigal
NOTES [54 words]: Greig/Duncan3 has a map on p. xxxv, of "places mentioned in songs in volume 3" showing the song number as well as place name; Barnyards of Delgaty (347) is at coordinate (h5,v7-8) on that map [roughly 32 miles NNW of Aberdeen]; Turriff (347,386,682) is at coordinate (h5,v7) on that map [roughly 31 miles NNW of Aberdeen] - BS
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