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Lizzie Higgins (1929-1993) was an Aberdeenshire ballad singer. Born Elizabeth Ann Higgins in Guest Row, Aberdeen, she was the daughter of settled Travellers the piper Donty Higgins and the singer Jeannie Robertson. In 1941, after her school was twice bombed, Lizzie moved with her mother to the rural town of Banchory, where the local children bullied her for her heritage. She was so unhappy in this environment that she left school at fifteen despite the pleasure she gained from studying. She moved back to Aberdeen to fillet fish and take seasonal agricultural labouring.

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  • Lizzie Higgins (1929-1993) was an Aberdeenshire ballad singer. Born Elizabeth Ann Higgins in Guest Row, Aberdeen, she was the daughter of settled Travellers the piper Donty Higgins and the singer Jeannie Robertson. In 1941, after her school was twice bombed, Lizzie moved with her mother to the rural town of Banchory, where the local children bullied her for her heritage. She was so unhappy in this environment that she left school at fifteen despite the pleasure she gained from studying. She moved back to Aberdeen to fillet fish and take seasonal agricultural labouring. (en)
  • Lizzie Higgins (Aberdeen, 1929 - ?, 1993) was een Schotse traditionele zangeres geboren in een travellersfamilie in Aberdeen, Schotland. Zij is geboren in de Guest Row of Aberdeen, een oude straat waarin zij woonde met haar ouders Donald (Donty) Higgins, een doedelzakspeler met grote reputatie, en Jeannie Robertson, een van de beste folkzangeressen van Schotland. In het huis woonde ook haar oom Isaac (Seely) die eveneens de pipes bespeelde. Toen in 1953 Hamish Henderson opnames maakte van haar moeder Jeannie, weigerde Lizzie alle invitaties om ook in het publiek te gaan optreden. (nl)
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