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Thread #10051 Message #902591
Posted By: michaelr
03-Mar-03 - 03:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Wife in Every Port (Old Blind Dogs)
Subject: RE: Lyrics request: Old Blind Dogs
Malcolm -- the liner notes for "Mill O'Tifty" ("The World's Room", Green Linnet Records, 1999) state:
Also known as "Andrew Lammie", this traditional "muckle ballad" tells the true story of Agnes Smith, a miller's daughter who lived near Fyvie in Aberdeenshire. She fell in love with Lord Fyvie's trumpeter, a man below her station, then compounded her troubles by spurning his employer. For this "sin" she was killed by her brother. Her gravestone still stands in Fyvie kirkyard, dated 1673."