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NEFA 1994.026.01 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: The Surgery
FL: I
wis sittin in the waitin room in the doctor's surgery
S: Poem by Ian Middleton.
NEFA 1994.026.02 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Oor Fairm Toon
FL: Oh
the wife's awa fae hame the nicht
S: Song
by John Mearns. MB got it from a Mearns record.
NEFA 1994.026.03-4 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: The Waddin o McGinnis til is Cross-eyed Pet
FL: Come
an listen tae ma sang an I'll tell ye o a waddin
S: Song
by George Bruce Thompson. [Coughs in the middle.] Sings second half
of the song again after a break. Learned from her brother; he sung
things like this on Hogmanay night.
NEFA 1994.026.05 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Green Grow the Laurels
FL: I
once had a sweetheart but now I've got none
NEFA 1994.026.06 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Irish songs are bonnie
S: MB
likes the Irish songs.
NEFA 1994.026.07 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Norah (Maggie)
FL: The
violets were scenting the woods, Norah
S: Irish
song, Maggie, with different name. Same song. Got the song from
a Dermot O' Brien tape.
NEFA 1994.026.08 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: The
Dying Ploughboy
FL: The
cannie winds were sighin saft
S: Does
not know where it comes from, but it was very popular when she was
young.
NEFA 1994.026.09
P: Mima Borwick
T: MB singing at the folk club
S: She
tells jokes at the club, getting them from papers and the television.
NEFA 1994.026.10 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: The Missin Auntie
FL: There's
a young lad's auntie gaed missin
S: Story/joke
from the television.
NEFA 1994.026.11 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Stories from the People's Journal and The Woman's
New Hat
S: She
uses stories from the PJ at the folk club. Tells story/joke about
a woman needing a new hat.
NEFA 1994.026.12 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Riddles and jokes
S: Not
many bothered with jokes or riddles when she was young. TM tells
one.
NEFA 1994.026.13 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: The Peel (The Pill)
FL: Dae
ye mind yon peel
S: Song
about constipation, to the tune of Dae Ye Min on aul Lang Syne.
Got that song from a local man who used to recite. They used to
do some recitations and singing at the whist clubs.
NEFA 1994.026.14 Transcription
P:
Mima Borwick
T: Dances at Mintlaw Station
S: They
used to do a great mixture of dances. Accordions, fiddles, good
bands of four or five people. [Many coughs.]
NEFA 1994.026.15 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Can
I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight
FL: Can
I sleep in your barn tonight, mister
S: Song
popular in these parts about man's wife eloping with stranger. [Talks
to cat.]
NEFA 1994.026.16 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: The Roup, 1938
FL: Fin
Lucy Broon retired fae life
S: Recitation from the paper many years ago.
Describes a roup perfectly.
NEFA 1994.026.17 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: The Gypsy Rover
FL: The
gypsy rover came over the hill
S: No
idea where she got it. She gets them and writes them out.
NEFA 1994.026.18 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Red River Valley
FL: It's a long time, you know, I've been waiting
S: Very
popular in this area over many years.
NEFA 1994.026.19 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Never accompanied
S: MB
never sings accompanied, by preference.
NEFA 1994.026.20 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: A Bunch of Thyme
FL: Come
all you maidens young and fair
NEFA 1994.026.21 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: Singing out and about
S: She
goes out singing now and again, sometimes with Harry Legg (melodion).
They have played at homes and sheltered housing round about the
place. It keeps you young.
NEFA 1994.026.22 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: A Fleg in the Dark
FL: Ae
nicht comin hame fae a party
S: Does
not know where that one came from either. If she sees something,
she copies it out.
NEFA 1994.026.23 Transcription
P: Mima Borwick
T: When did she start
S: Started
writing songs out years ago, mostly ones that were on the go at
the time. The memory is not as good as it was. TM thanks.
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