“MacDonald's Return to Glencoe (The Pride of Glencoe)”

Description

The singer tries to woo a woman of Glencoe, but she says she is loyal to MacDonald, gone to war these ten years. He suggests that MacDonald may have forgotten her; she says she will remain single even so. He then reveals himself as MacDonald

Notes

Broadside LOCSinging as202320: H. De Marsans dating per _Studying Nineteenth-Century Popular Song_ by Paul Charosh in American Music, Winter 1997, Vol 15.4, Table 1, available at FindArticles site. - BS

Same tune

• The Silk Merchant's Daughter [Laws N10] (File: LN10)

Cross references

• cf. "John (George) Riley (I)" [Laws N36] and references there
• cf. "The Silk Merchant's Daughter (I) [Laws N10]" (tune)
• cf. "The Lass o Glencoe" (lyrics)

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Johnson Ballads 1641, "Donald's Return to Glencoe," G. Walker (Durham), 1797-1834; also 2806 c.14(133)[many illegible words], Firth c.17(300)[some illegible words], Harding B 11(932), Firth c.14(158), Firth c.14(160), Harding B 19(109), 2806 c.18(89), Harding B 16(324a), Firth b.26(11)[a few illegible words], Firth b.25(226), Firth b.27(454), Harding B 16(323b), 2806 c.15(174), "Donald's Return to Glencoe"; Firth b.27(462), "Donand's Return to Glencoe" ["Donald" in the text]
• LOCSinging, as202320, "Mc'Donald's Return to Glenco," H. De Marsan (New York), 1861-1864; also sb30347b, "Mc'Donald's Return to Glenco"
• Murray, Mu23-y4:036, "Donald's Return to Glencoe," unknown, 19C
• NLScotland, L.C.178.A.2(206), "Donald's Return to Glencoe," unknown, c. 1840; also L.C.Fol.70(73a), "Donald's Return to Glencoe," James Lindsay (Glasgow), c. 1875

References

1. Laws N39, "MacDonald's Return to Glencoe (The Pride of Glencoe)"
2. Ford-Vagabond, pp. 247-248, "Donald and Glencoe" (1 text)
3. Ord, pp. 65-66, "Donald's Return to Glencoe" (1 text, tune referenced)
4. Randolph 126, "MacDonald's Return to Glencoe" (1 fragment)
5. FSCatskills 25, "Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
6. Gardner/Chickering 87, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text plus mention of 2 more)
7. Greenleaf/Mansfield 86, "Glencoe" (1 text)
8. Smith/Hatt, pp. 67-69, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text)
9. Peacock, p. 579, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
10. Creighton-Maritime, p. 60, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
11. Creighton-SNewBrunswick 35, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
12. Leach-Labrador 129, "Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
13. Karpeles-Newfoundland 56, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
14. Ives-NewBrunswick, pp. 70-72, "Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
15. Mackenzie 68, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text)
16. O'Conor, p. 136, "McDonald's Return to Glenco" (1 text)
17. Meredith/Anderson, pp. 52-53, "Donald of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
18. SHenry H655, p. 319, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
19. Huntington-Whalemen, pp. 113-115, "The Banks of Glenco" (2 texts, 1 tune)
20. MacSeegTrav 28, "The Lass o' Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
21. DT 464, PRIGLENC*
22. Roud #515
23. BI, LN39