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As a tune with martial affiliations Highland Laddie is still widely played by the regimental bands and/or pipes and drums of the Scottish regiments. As a traditional Scottish tune, Highland Laddie is also commonly played on the bagpipes for Scottish dances. Typically categorised as a quick march "Highland Laddie" is normally written in 2/4 time.
O where and O where does your highland laddie dwell; He dwells in merry Scotland where the bluebells sweetly smell, And all in my heart I love my laddie well' [1] A broadside ballad version (words only) from slightly later in the 19th century makes references to George III and the Napoleonic wars: Oh, where, and oh, where is my highland laddie ...
The song is often accompanied by a circle singing game.Players form a circle and dance around one player. When they reach the end of the verse they stop, the single in the middle performs an action (such as Highland dancing), which everyone then imitates, before starting the verse again, often changing the single player to a boy, or a boy can join the center player - thus creating an extra ...
It was later occasionally used by jazz musicians, for example the instrumental "Raggle Taggle" by the Territory band Boots and His Buddies, and the vocal recording by Maxine Sullivan. In America, the country music recording industry spread versions of the song by such notable musicians as Cliff Carlisle and the Carter Family , and later by the ...
"Irish Soldier Laddie" – modern song about the events of 1798, written by Paddy McGuigan of the Barleycorn "Jimmy Murphy" – song of music hall origin with distinctly unusual chorus "Kelly of Killanne" – ballad by P.J. McCall (1861–1919), recounting the exploits of John Kelly, one of the most popular leader of the Wexford rebels. [9]
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
While two Highland hunters were passing the night in a solitary bothy (a hut built for the purpose of hunting) and making merry over their venison and whisky, one of them expressed a wish that they had pretty lasses to complete their party. The words were scarcely uttered, when two beautiful young women, habited in green, entered the hut ...
Wi'a letter to my rantin' laddie. Is your love a laird, or is he a lord, Or is he but a caddie, That ye sae aft call on his name, Your own dear rantin' laddie ? My love's nae a laird, nor is he a lord, Nor is he but a caddie; But he's earl ower a' the lands o' Aboyne, He's my own dear rantin' laddie. Ye sall hae nane o' your father's merry men,