Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen: Travellers' Songs, Stories and Tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts

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Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen Howard Glasser, based on notes left on a scrap of paper by his late mother University Press of Mississippi in association with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland Elizabeth Stewart Compiled and edited by Alison McMorland Travellers’ Songs, Stories and Tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. The Fishgutters’ Song (from the Radio Ballad“Singing the Fishing”) by Ewan MacColl, published by Stormking Music Inc. Reproduced by permission of Ewan MacColl Ltd. Copyright © 2012 by University Press of Mississippi All photographs, stories, songs, and tunes copyright © 2012 by Elizabeth Stewart, except where indicated All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2012 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stewart, Elizabeth, 1939– Up yon wide and lonely Glen : Travellers’ songs, stories and tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts / Elizabeth Stewart ; compiled and edited by Alison McMorland. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-61703-314-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-1-61703-308-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-309-4 (ebook) 1. Folk songs, Scots—Scotland—History and criticism. 2. Ballads, Scots—Scotland —History and criticism. 3. Folk music—Scotland—History and criticism. 4. Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)—Music—History and criticism. 5. Stuart family. I. Title. ML3655.S84 2012 782.42162’91630092—dc23 [B] 2011038627 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available First and foremost, I would like to dedicate this book to my three children, Jeannette, Elizabeth and Michael. I’d like to think that my children and grandchildren will always and in their own way honour our special family traditions. I also would like to extend this dedication to the memories of my mum, Jean Stewart, my Aunt Lucy and Uncle Ned, and my talented brother Robert, all of whom were so dear to me. And, of course, not forgetting Big Michael. —Elizabeth Stewart ...