Douglas Tragedy- Betsy Whyte (Angus) 1977 REC
[Fragment from School of Scottish Studies with melody, Original Tape ID - SA1977.123
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/63961/1
R. Matteson 2018]
Summary - Betsy Whyte sings a fragment of 'Earl Brand' [Douglas Tragedy] and says this is the tune she had, not the same as Duncan's. She sings the original tune for 'Wae's Me For Prince Charlie' and a brief snatch of the song to the tune of 'A Man's A Man' which, she correctly says, does not suit the words so well. The man says that every singer has their own way of singing.
Douglas Tragedy- sung by Betsy Whyte of Montrose, Angus County. Reporter - Peter R. Cooke
And they rode and they rode and they better, better rode,
it was all by the light of the moon
but once they had come . . .