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Betsy Williamson recites the poem "Webspinner"
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Betsy Williamson recites the poem "Webspinner"
- Performer
- Date
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- 1986
- Summary
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- Duncan Williamson's daughter Betsy recites the poem "Webspinner," in a version almost identical to her father's, during a family-style ceilidh hostedby John Niles and his team of researchers in Auchtermuchty, Fife, in July of 1986. The performance exemplifies the oral transmission of folklore from father to daughter.
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- Duncan Williamson, poems & recitations
- Duncan Williamson, multiple recordings of the "same" item
- Performer
- Williamson, Betsy
- Research team head
- Niles, John
- Speaker
- Williamson, Duncan
- Date
- 1986
- Description of Original
- 1 sound recording (02:33 minutes) + 1 transcription (pdf)
- Notes
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- Compare the transcription and commentary of a recitation of this same poem as performed by Duncan Williamson: John D. Niles, ‘Webspinner: Songs, Stories, and Reflections of Duncan Williamson, Scottish Traveller’ (University Press of Mississippi, 2022), §4.17.
- Scottish Voices includes recordings of Betsy's father, Duncan Williamson, reciting this same poem in 1986 and in 1987.
- Languages
- English, Scots
- Location of Original
- Library of Congress. American Folklife Center : John D. Niles British Isles Field Project collection, 1984-1993 (AFC 1991/040): Tape 86CEILIDH01 @ 00:31
- Collection
- Scottish Voices