Category Archives: Kidnapped

Selkies

Posted on April 28, 2015 by H.M. Goodchild

It’s been a while since I posted on a folksong but I’ve had one going around in my mind for a fair time. It’s Child Ballad no. 113, The Great Silkie of Sule Skerrie. The version in my music collection … Continue reading →

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A land divided: songs and politics in Kidnapped

Posted on September 24, 2012 by H.M. Goodchild

More thoughts of Scottish history remembered in song again this time. One of my favourite rainy day books (and today is a very rainy day) is Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886). It’s set in 1751, in the aftermath of … Continue reading →

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