Butcher's Boy- Cruickshank (N.Deer) c1908 Greig C
[Single stanza with music. My date, informant is Mrs. Cruickshank of Graciehill, New Deer who died in 1924 at the age of 79. From: The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection - Volume 2, p. 45; No. 200 by Gavin Greig, James Bruce Duncan, Patrick N. Shuldham-Shaw Emily B Lyle; Peter A Hall; Aberdeen U.P., 1983
Informant was mother-in-law of violinist Miss Crighton who sent Greig music taken from her mother-in-law.
R. Matteson 2016]
A. The Butcher's Boy- As sung by Mrs. Cruickshank of Graciehill, New Deer who died in 1924 at the age of 79,
collected by Gavin Grieg, c. 1908.
1 My parents gave me good learning,
Good learning they gave unto me,
And they sent me to a butcher's shop,
A butcher's boy to be.