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They Sent a Wumman : The Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson by Nancy Nicolson (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrace NOTE Publications
ISBN-101907676864
ISBN-139781907676864
eBay Product ID (ePID)250314975
Product Key Features
Book TitleThey Sent a Wumman : the Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson
Number of Pages223 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic
AuthorNancy Nicolson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width7.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisCultural Crofter is a very apt description for Nancy Nicolson - she is a Scottish folk singer and a tradition bearer, a songwriter and a storyteller and a melodeon player. Brought up on a croft in Caithness, the former Edinburgh teacher has worked with the BBC, Celtic Connections, and the New Makars Trust. It was high time that her songs were collected and published, and Grace Note Publications has done just that, to coincide with her 75th birthday in 2016. They sent a Wumman: The Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson contains an autobiographical piece by Nancy herself, as well as contributions by her fellow-Caithnessian writer George Gunn, by singer, songwriter, actor and director Gerda Stevenson and the folk singer, songwriter and publisher Ewan McVicar. But the focus is, as editor Paddy Bort writes in his introduction, firmly on the songs, in all their glorious diversity. Like few others, Nancy Nicolson has the gift - as writer, singer and storyteller - to communicate the life and culture of Scotland, with rare warmth and energy and her very own brand of wit and wisdom. As can be seen in this volume, Nancy Nicolson covers (nearly) every subject under the sun - from bootleg whisky to the Miners' Strike, from bairns' play to the grim and cruel games of war, and from 'hauf-hinget' Maggie to 'Maggie's Pit Ponies'. Some of her songs have assumed almost 'traditional' status by now - among them Nancy's greatest hits: ''Listen tae the Teacher', 'The Moon in the Morning', 'The Brickie's Ballad' and, of course, 'They Sent a Wumman'. Among others, Gerda Stevenson, The McCalmans and Ed Miller have recorded her songs.
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