This is a video of the Appalachian singer and banjo player George Landers (1886 - 1969) of Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina performing a variant of "The Scotland Man" (Child 68), more commonly known as "Young Hunting" or "Love Henry". See the right hand side of the video for information about the song and this version of it.

As well as adding the lyrics and description, I added color to this video and restored the audio. Here is the original video:    • The Scotland Man (Child 68) (1969) - ...  

This video comes from a 1972 documentary called "The End of an Old Song", which can be watched here:    • Video  

Here is a playlist of different traditional versions of this ballad, including a complete high quality audio recording of George Landers singing this song:    • Video  

One of these recordings is of Linnie Landers, a relative of George Landers from whom Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles collected the "Scotland Man" in 1916. Her 1950 recording can be heard here:    • The Scotland Man (Child 68) (Fragment...  


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