Douglas Tragedy- Mrs. Lyall (Aber) 1931 Carpenter

Douglas Tragedy- Mrs. Lyall (Aber) 1931 Carpenter

[Single stanza with music from  James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/5/1/F, p. 08086,

R. Matteson 2018]


Douglas Tragedy- sung by Mrs. Lyall, Lyne of Skene, Aberdeenshire, c. 1931

On they rode, and on they rode,
Twas all by the light of the moon,
Until they came to his mother's ha' door,
An' there they both lighted down.