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Jack Campin | Origin: Killiecrankie (50) | RE: Origin: Killiecrankie | 22 Jan 21 |
I suspect the "sour slaes" are an allusion to the ghoulish backstory of the much older "Soor Plooms o Galashiels" - the plums referred to in that tune had been eaten by the English soldiers raiding orchards before a battle and were spilled out of their disrmbowelled guts. |