I Wish, I Wish- Johina J. Leith (Ork) 1973 REC
[Two stanza fragment from Collection - School of Scottish Studies; Track ID - 81205. Original Tape ID - SA1973.077.
Listen: http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/81205/3
R. Matteson 2017]
Summary - Fragments of a song in which a young woman has been abandoned by her lover after falling pregnant by him.
I Wish, I Wish- sung by Johina J. Leith of Dounby, Orkney on August, 9, 2973 REcorded by Alan J. Bruford.
I wish, I wish, but I wish in vain,
I wish I was but a maid again,
But a maid again I shall never be,
Til an orange grows on an apple tree.
I wish my baby it were born,
And sitting on his father's knee.
I wish I myself were dead,
And green grass growing over me.