Wednesday 21 December 2016

Orkney Archive Advent Calendar - An Orcadian Christmas Carol


Another treasure from the Ernest Walker Marwick collection. Listen to the Tenston Carol, a Christmas song in Orcadian dialect HERE




The song, recorded in 1966, is sung by Alison Sabiston with words by her mother L.M. Sabiston and music by A. MacLeod. The piano is played by Mrs MacLeod.




Orkney Archive Reference: D31/TR/95/5







 

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous21 December 2016 at 21:47

    Very sweet! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  2. GenKnit12 February 2017 at 12:50

    That was sweet! It's well after Christmas, but I enjoyed the song very much.

    Sue.

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