Butcher's Boy- A. Fowlie (N.Deer) c1908 Greig B
[Fragment (first line only) of late stanza with music. My date, location, informant is probably a relation of New Deer Fowlies. From: The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection - Volume 2, p. 46; No. 200 by Gavin Greig, James Bruce Duncan, Patrick N. Shuldham-Shaw Emily B Lyle; Peter A Hall; Aberdeen U.P., 1983
Informant probably related to Mrs. Fowlie, an informant for Greig and distant relative of Duncan.
R. Matteson 2016]
B. The Butcher's Boy- sung by A. Fowlie, collected Grieg, c. 1908
No sleep, no rest could this young man find[1],
And no sleep, no rest could he find,
For he thought he saw the flames o' hell,
Approachin' in his mind.
1. last three lines adapted from Greig A.