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Betsy WhyteBetsy Whyte

I first met Betsy during fieldwork in 1973. She was most gifted representative of Scotland's traveling people - singer, storyteller and writer of distinction - that I had the good fortune to work with.

Her singing of her family ballad Young Johnston is featured on Scottish Tradition 5: The Muckle Sangs - Classic Scots Ballads.

For information on her two fascinating and beautifully written autobiographies - The Yellow on the Broom and Red Rowans and Wild Honey - please visit Birlinn Books