Dowie Dens of Yarrow by Karine Polwart
Lang may yer Lum Reek!
Ah, Taggart - I love that tragic ballad, and I love Karine Polwart's voice.
Here's another of hers, a Burns song, that certainly echoes my own sentiments.
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What a great thread this is - thanks so much for starting it, elderpiano.
I love Dougie Maclean too - here's his version of a lively eighteenth-century song written by the displaced Episcopalian minister, John Skinner.
Tullochgorum!
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he Battle of Harlaw - Old Blind Dogs
Lang may yer Lum Reek!
Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, Farewell to Stromness, a beautiful lilting ballad. I so wish I could play this.
I think this version is actually played by Peter Maxwell Davis himself. But there are other very nice versions out there.
My other favourite version.
Taggart, Have you played this?.
As I came in by Fisherrow - I was hoping for the Dick Gaughan version, but this is still nice.
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Andrew Lammie - Child Ballad 233 - a tragic ballad that may be based on a historical event.
Sung here by Dick Gaughan.
The lyrics and recording background can be found here -
https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/andrewlammie.html
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Johnny o' Breadislee - Child Ballad 114 - Sung by Hamish Imlach.
More about the song here:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/june.tabo...bredislee.html
Last edited by Ella Beck; Oct-26-2018 at 13:40.
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Here is the lovely playlist for the Ballads of the Scotish ballads....some of them are one of the best in the series.
Back to Scotland now for a modern performance of the Burns song 'A man's a man for a' that.'
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