Davie Stewart (1901 - 1972)

Scottish singer and accordion player, singing mainly traditional songs. He worked in bothies and lived as a traveller.

(John Strachan and Davie Stewart had several songs in common)

Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number
Davie Stewart	c 1970
[Reissue]	1998	Greentrax
Go On, Sing Another Song	c 1970
[Reissue]	2002	Rounder	CD 1833

Anthology - Jimmy MacBeath and Davie Stewart.

Title.	year.	Label.	No
Two Gentlemen of the Road	1951/53/57	Rounder	82161-1793-2

Anthology - Harry Cox, Bob Roberts, Shirley Collins, Frank McPeake, Fred Lawson, Davie Stewart, Bob and Ron Copper etc.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Folk Song Today (*)	1955	HM	DLP 1143

(*) 10 inch album.

Anthology.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
They ordered their pints of beer - The Voice of the People vol 13 (+)	1998	Topic	TSCD 663

(+ Two tracks only - "The Merchant's Son" and "I'm Often Drunk and Seldom Sober" )

Album tracks.

Two Gentlemen of the Road Recorded 1951/53/57. Released on 2 CDs in 2002. CD1 Running time 71 minutes 37 sec; CD 2 Running time 65 minutes 04 secs.. The tracks marked [DS] are by Davie Stewart, those with [JM] are by Jimmy MacBeath. The spoken word tracks are prompted by questions by Alan Lomax. The liner notes contain the words to all the songs. The CD contains a pdf file with transcriptions of the interviews. When Dave Stewart sings he accompanies himself on accordion.

Title.	Author.
1. [DS] The Merchant's Son	Trad
2. [DS] Cowpin the dishes (spoken word)
3. [JM] Hey Barra Gadgie	Trad
4. [JM] It wis aa beggin that we did (spoken word)
5. [JM] Kindness from a policeman (spoken word)
6. [JM] Grat for Gruel	Trad
7. [DS] How to build a bender (spoken word)
8. [JM] Chantin, Griddlin and Laldyin/ Teery Bustin/ Rothsay-Oh	spoken/ Trad/ Trad
9. [DS] The Day We Went To Rothesay-oh	Trad
10. [DS] Playing for an All-night Hooley (spoken word)
11. [DS] March Strathspey and Reel (instr)	Trad
12. [JM] Were you always alone? (spoken word)
13. [JM] The Forfar Sodger	Trad
14. [DS] They put a different turns in their tunes (spoken + diddling)
15. [DS] Outside, on the safe side (spoken word)
16. [JM] The Ox and the fox dug a hole for me (spoken word)
17. [DS] It's a long drow at the end (spoken word)
18. [DS] Old bodies, five or six pounds each (spoken word)
19. [DS] Did they kill children as well? (spoken word)

CD 2. Title.	Author.
1. [JM] The Darling Ploughman Boy	Trad
2. [JM] From the top of the deck (spoken word)
3. [JM] Ah likit ma mother aye (spoken word + fragments)
4. [JM] He used to diddle lots o songs (spoken)/ Fae Would be a Fisherman's Wife? (song)	spoken/ Trad
5. [DS] We are called the Buchan Stewarts (spoken word)
6. [DS] Dark-Eyed Lover	Trad
7. [JM] It wis aa slave drivery (spoken word)
8. [JM] The Barnyard of Delgaty (*)	Trad
9. [JM] Singin along at their plough (spoken word)
10. [DS] The Laird O Dainty Doonby	Trad
11. [DM] The Horseman's Grip and word (spoken word)
12. [JM] It wis torn, rippit, tattered (spoken word)/ Eppie Morrie [Child Ballad no 223] (song)	spoken/ Trad
13. [JM] The Trooper and the Maid [Child Ballad no 299]	Trad
14. [DS] The story lives forever (spoken word) (Fairy tale)

(* Sung at the 1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh)

Last updated on 30/11/2010