Who is the singer of the song Annachie Gordon?
Who is the singer of the song Annachie Gordon?
The Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt (now of world reknown) recorded it on a CD called “Parallel Dreams” (QR CD103). It is called “Annachie Gordon” (a name variant given in Child).
When did John Wesley Harding sing Annachie Gordon?
John Wesley Harding sang Annachie Gordon on his 1999 Nic Jones tribute album, Trad Arr Jones. Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie is Child Ballad #239 and the words of Annachie Gordon are very similar though the tune seems to me to be very much Nic’s own.
Where did the story of Annachie Gordon come from?
This ballad, from the far north-east of Scotland—the Gordon family estate was near Elgin, while the Frasers of Saltoun lived at Philorth, near Fraserborough—tells a story that is relatively common in folksong and folklore; namely the forced marriage of a young girl to a rich suitor, so that her family may benefit from the family’s estate.
Who was Gordon Auchanachie in the Ballad of Bonny and braw?
What is even more pleasing to family vanity is the fact that Gordon Auchanachie of the ballad is depicted as “bonny and braw”, the sort of man who “would tempt any woman” who lays eyes on him.
When did Auchanachie Gordon become Hannah Le Gordon?
Sometime between 1800 and 1829 a broadsheet ballad called “A New Song” was printed. In it the name “Auchanachie Gordon” has been replaced by “Hannah Le Gordon” but is otherwise very similar. It is hard to explain why the hero has been given a girl’s name.
Where does Annachie tell the maidens to take him?
Annachie tells the maidens to take him to the chamber where Jeannie lies and then, having kissed her cold lips, also dies of a broken heart. The words were printed in Maidment’s “North Countrie Garland” (1824) and in Buchan’s “Ancient Ballads and Songs 2” (1828). The tune was first printed in Bronson’s “Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads”.