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  1. Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson – Leaving St Kilda

    At last we turn away, and see them
    leading us: bow-riding dolphins,
    our grey familiars,
    and thirty gannets in a line
    drawing straight from Boreray:
    a gannet guard
    for this far passage,
    for the leaving of St Kilda.

    A collaboration between folk musician Alasdair Roberts & poet Robin Robertson, from their album Hirta Songs.

    youtube.com/watch?v=h2RUTp8vlkU

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #folksong #folkmusic #StKilda #islands

  2. Could this be the shortest #folkSong ever? So Selfish Runs The Hare (despite the title, it's about an ox calf)

    youtu.be/jQyB4Hx5-a0

    #folk #folkMusic #melodica #guitar

  3. "The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song adapted from an old #English #folkSong in 1956 by #JerryLivingston and #PaulFrancisWebster. Various recording artists have had chart hits with "The Twelfth of Never", including #JohnnyMathis, #CliffRichard, #DonnyOsmond and #SlimWhitman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=rGhqR3VIn1M

  4. Out of the Shadows

    On BBC Sounds: singer & storyteller Karine Polwart tells the story of how a crater on Mercury came to be named after the 18th-century Scottish poet & songwriter Carolina Oliphant

    3/3

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qdgg

    #Scottish #literature #song #folksong #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #astronomy #romanticism #Mercury

  5. O rowan tree, o rowan tree,
    Thou’lt aye be dear tae me,
    Entwin’d thou art wi mony ties
    O hame and infancy…

    Hear Hannah Rarity & Innes White sing Carolina Oliphant’s “The Rowan Tree”

    2/3

    youtube.com/watch?v=KMrldnhS_MY

    #Scottish #literature #song #folksong #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage

  6. The Laird o’ Cockpen, he’s proud an’ he’s great,
    His mind is ta’en up wi’ the things o’ the State…

    Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) was born #OTD, 16 Aug. Oliphant wrote over 100 popular songs to traditional Scottish tunes. Although she shunned publicity & never acknowledged her authorship, along with Robert Burns she is one of the most significant figures in Scottish folksong

    1/3

    #Scottish #literature #song #folksong #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage

  7. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8VB96Yl7jxk

  8. Now westlin winds, and slaught’ring guns
    Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
    And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings,
    Amang the blooming heather…

    —Robert Burns, “Song, Composed in August”
    First published in POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT (Kilmarnock, 1786)

    Pages digitised by the National Library of Scotland

    digital.nls.uk/poems-chiefly-i

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment

  9. It was upon a Lammas night,
    When corn rigs are bonie,
    Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
    I held awa to Annie…

    —Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”
    pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)

    Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day

    global.oup.com/academic/produc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage

  10. youtu.be/yn4J6uaZ4KM?...

    A bright Lammas to you all!

    Here's my song 'Corn Jenny' from the closing ceremony of Festival at the Edge a couple of years ago. That was a joyful day! May yours be so today.

    #folksong #folksinger

    Corn Jenny

  11. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972, winning #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3jTVU

  12. "Tom Dooley" ( #Roud 4192) is a traditional #NorthCarolina #folkSong based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in #WilkesCountyNorthCarolina by #TomDula (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley"). One of the more famous #murderBallads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by #TheKingstonTrio reached No. 1 on the #Billboard #Hot100 singles chart, was in the top 10 on the Billboard R&B chart, and appeared in the #Cashbox Country Music Top 20.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VhXuO4Gz3Wo

  13. Douglas Kay & Martin Philip – AKA the folk duo The Sorries – recorded a podcast about “Killiecrankie”, discussing the publication of the song, the figures & events which inspired it, & how it played a pivotal role in bringing the pair of them together

    scottishsongguide.com/2015/09/

    #Scottish #literature #EarlyModern #17thcentury #battle #Jacobite #song #folksong

  14. Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
    Whare hae ye been sae brankie, O?
    Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
    Came ye by Killiecrankie, O?

    —“Killicrankie”, from James Hogg’s JACOBITE RELICS OF SCOTLAND (1819).

    The Battle of Killiecrankie ⚔️ was fought #OTD, 27 July, 1689. A Jacobite force led by Ewan Cameron of Lochiel & Viscount Dundee defeated a Scottish government army commanded by Hugh Mackay

    #Scottish #literature #EarlyModern #17thcentury #battle #Jacobite #song #folksong

  15. Argyll & Isles Online Heritage Cafe with Dr Alasdair Whyte
    29 July, free online

    The July online Heritage cafe will host Dr Alasdair Whyte, singer, writer & research fellow in Celtic & Gaelic at the University of Glasgow.

    Dr Whyte will be speaking about the songs & music of Argyll & Bute, & how they can help us understand the history & heritage of this part of Scotland.

    eventbrite.com/e/july-argyll-i

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #song #folksong #music #history #musichistory #heritage

  16. Where is the Shearer of Glenshee buried?

    Recorded in 1969: Belle Stewart tells the tale of the burial of “the Shearer of Glenshee” – one of many recordings of stories & songs by Belle Stewart on the Tobar an Dualchais / Kist o Riches website

    2/2

    tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/3

    #Scottish #literature #travellers #folklore #folksong

  17. Belle Stewart (1906–1997) – singer, storyteller, tradition-bearer – was born #OTD, 18 July, in a bow tent on the banks of the Tay at Caputh, near Blairgowrie. She ranks alongside Jeannie Robertson in the roll of the finest Scots ballad-singers.

    1/2

    youtube.com/watch?v=v0sMwlevTMU

    #Scottish #literature #travellers #folklore #folksong

  18. Yesterday’s Toddington Tour was a good one - having fewer pubs to get around made it that bit less of a mad dash…
    Anyway, here’s an authentic morris/folk experience - the legendary Barry Goodman performing the traditional end-of-the-tour song in the usual way:

    youtu.be/oA6l_rkzHjg

    #MorrisDance #FolkLife #FolkSong #Folk

  19. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qD-kxaiYQqU

  20. "Gotta Travel On" is an American #folksong. The earliest known version was printed in #CarlSandburg's #TheAmericanSongbag in 1927 under the title "Yonder Comes the High Sheriff" and several variations were recorded in the 1920s, but the best known version is credited to #PaulClayton, #TheWeavers, Larry Ehrlich, and Dave Lazer and was first recorded by #PeteSeeger in 1958. A 1958 recording by #BillyGrammer backed by the #AnitaKerr Singers reached #4 on the #USPopChart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=JreIKNZyEX4

  21. Gratitude to musicians who created music inspired by our past blockade for old growth 🎶🌲🙏

    Provided to YouTube by DistroKid.

    #FairyCreekBlockade · Erika Lundahl

    From her recent Messy Blessed Infinity album from Rolling Crone Records. Released on: 2024-07-11

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=79dRKzcZ

    Up there in Fairy Creek they are fighting for the ancient forest from high in the trees on platforms rigged of rope and wood the chainsaws from Mulo just could send them falling
    Brave protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade, this song's for you.

    I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth Of Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    A hundred elders marched the dawn up a hill to stand upon a holy grove of trees
    Older than the Notre Dame
    Past picket lines and ATVs they sang for the land they wished to leave home for their children's children
    Singing I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth the Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive I am here to hear
    Stay brave, protectors of Fairy Creek
    There's a war been going on through the soul of the world since the break of dawn, how do we share this land we stand upon?

    I am a newborn to this place
    Though I've lived here all my life
    My ancestors came across the sea to stand for what they thought was right they broke trust treaties too can't unright the past is true
    But I'm here to understand and stand with you Singing I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of resilient bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    My whole story is in my heart
    Gentle as they fall apart the land remembers more than I ever will
    Still I'm here to witness this
    Brave ones high up in the trees the sweetness of your farewell kiss the gentle of the morning breeze what stories will they tell of me
    One day soon that's all will be
    Amid a distant memory what stories will they tell?

    And today we sing
    I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of Brazil.

    #IndieMusic #Music #FolkMusic #ActivistMusic #Lyrics #Environmentalist #NatureGuardians #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForAncientForests #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #ProtestSongs #FolkSong

  22. Gratitude to musicians who created music inspired by our past blockade for old growth 🎶🌲🙏

    Provided to YouTube by DistroKid.

    #FairyCreekBlockade · Erika Lundahl

    From her recent Messy Blessed Infinity album from Rolling Crone Records. Released on: 2024-07-11

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=79dRKzcZ

    Up there in Fairy Creek they are fighting for the ancient forest from high in the trees on platforms rigged of rope and wood the chainsaws from Mulo just could send them falling
    Brave protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade, this song's for you.

    I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth Of Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    A hundred elders marched the dawn up a hill to stand upon a holy grove of trees
    Older than the Notre Dame
    Past picket lines and ATVs they sang for the land they wished to leave home for their children's children
    Singing I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth the Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive I am here to hear
    Stay brave, protectors of Fairy Creek
    There's a war been going on through the soul of the world since the break of dawn, how do we share this land we stand upon?

    I am a newborn to this place
    Though I've lived here all my life
    My ancestors came across the sea to stand for what they thought was right they broke trust treaties too can't unright the past is true
    But I'm here to understand and stand with you Singing I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of resilient bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    My whole story is in my heart
    Gentle as they fall apart the land remembers more than I ever will
    Still I'm here to witness this
    Brave ones high up in the trees the sweetness of your farewell kiss the gentle of the morning breeze what stories will they tell of me
    One day soon that's all will be
    Amid a distant memory what stories will they tell?

    And today we sing
    I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of Brazil.

    #IndieMusic #Music #FolkMusic #ActivistMusic #Lyrics #Environmentalist #NatureGuardians #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForAncientForests #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #ProtestSongs #FolkSong

  23. Gratitude to musicians who created music inspired by our past blockade for old growth 🎶🌲🙏

    Provided to YouTube by DistroKid.

    #FairyCreekBlockade · Erika Lundahl

    From her recent Messy Blessed Infinity album from Rolling Crone Records. Released on: 2024-07-11

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=79dRKzcZ

    Up there in Fairy Creek they are fighting for the ancient forest from high in the trees on platforms rigged of rope and wood the chainsaws from Mulo just could send them falling
    Brave protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade, this song's for you.

    I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth Of Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    A hundred elders marched the dawn up a hill to stand upon a holy grove of trees
    Older than the Notre Dame
    Past picket lines and ATVs they sang for the land they wished to leave home for their children's children
    Singing I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth the Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive I am here to hear
    Stay brave, protectors of Fairy Creek
    There's a war been going on through the soul of the world since the break of dawn, how do we share this land we stand upon?

    I am a newborn to this place
    Though I've lived here all my life
    My ancestors came across the sea to stand for what they thought was right they broke trust treaties too can't unright the past is true
    But I'm here to understand and stand with you Singing I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of resilient bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    My whole story is in my heart
    Gentle as they fall apart the land remembers more than I ever will
    Still I'm here to witness this
    Brave ones high up in the trees the sweetness of your farewell kiss the gentle of the morning breeze what stories will they tell of me
    One day soon that's all will be
    Amid a distant memory what stories will they tell?

    And today we sing
    I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of Brazil.

    #IndieMusic #Music #FolkMusic #ActivistMusic #Lyrics #Environmentalist #NatureGuardians #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForAncientForests #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #ProtestSongs #FolkSong

  24. Gratitude to musicians who created music inspired by our past blockade for old growth 🎶🌲🙏

    Provided to YouTube by DistroKid.

    #FairyCreekBlockade · Erika Lundahl

    From her recent Messy Blessed Infinity album from Rolling Crone Records. Released on: 2024-07-11

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=79dRKzcZ

    Up there in Fairy Creek they are fighting for the ancient forest from high in the trees on platforms rigged of rope and wood the chainsaws from Mulo just could send them falling
    Brave protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade, this song's for you.

    I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth Of Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    A hundred elders marched the dawn up a hill to stand upon a holy grove of trees
    Older than the Notre Dame
    Past picket lines and ATVs they sang for the land they wished to leave home for their children's children
    Singing I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth the Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive I am here to hear
    Stay brave, protectors of Fairy Creek
    There's a war been going on through the soul of the world since the break of dawn, how do we share this land we stand upon?

    I am a newborn to this place
    Though I've lived here all my life
    My ancestors came across the sea to stand for what they thought was right they broke trust treaties too can't unright the past is true
    But I'm here to understand and stand with you Singing I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of resilient bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    My whole story is in my heart
    Gentle as they fall apart the land remembers more than I ever will
    Still I'm here to witness this
    Brave ones high up in the trees the sweetness of your farewell kiss the gentle of the morning breeze what stories will they tell of me
    One day soon that's all will be
    Amid a distant memory what stories will they tell?

    And today we sing
    I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of Brazil.

    #IndieMusic #Music #FolkMusic #ActivistMusic #Lyrics #Environmentalist #NatureGuardians #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForAncientForests #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #ProtestSongs #FolkSong

  25. Gratitude to musicians who created music inspired by our past blockade for old growth 🎶🌲🙏

    Provided to YouTube by DistroKid.

    #FairyCreekBlockade · Erika Lundahl

    From her recent Messy Blessed Infinity album from Rolling Crone Records. Released on: 2024-07-11

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=79dRKzcZ

    Up there in Fairy Creek they are fighting for the ancient forest from high in the trees on platforms rigged of rope and wood the chainsaws from Mulo just could send them falling
    Brave protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade, this song's for you.

    I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth Of Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    A hundred elders marched the dawn up a hill to stand upon a holy grove of trees
    Older than the Notre Dame
    Past picket lines and ATVs they sang for the land they wished to leave home for their children's children
    Singing I believe in the good things coming
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth the Brazilian bodies
    I am here to receive I am here to hear
    Stay brave, protectors of Fairy Creek
    There's a war been going on through the soul of the world since the break of dawn, how do we share this land we stand upon?

    I am a newborn to this place
    Though I've lived here all my life
    My ancestors came across the sea to stand for what they thought was right they broke trust treaties too can't unright the past is true
    But I'm here to understand and stand with you Singing I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of resilient bodies
    I am here to receive, I am here to give
    Stay brave, protectors of the Fairy Creek blockade
    My whole story is in my heart
    Gentle as they fall apart the land remembers more than I ever will
    Still I'm here to witness this
    Brave ones high up in the trees the sweetness of your farewell kiss the gentle of the morning breeze what stories will they tell of me
    One day soon that's all will be
    Amid a distant memory what stories will they tell?

    And today we sing
    I believe in the good things
    I believe in the love that lives on this earth of Brazil.

    #IndieMusic #Music #FolkMusic #ActivistMusic #Lyrics #Environmentalist #NatureGuardians #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForAncientForests #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #ProtestSongs #FolkSong

  26. Douglas Kay & Martin Philip – AKA the folk duo The Sorries – recorded a podcast about “Killiecrankie”, discussing the publication of the song, the figures & events which inspired it, & how it played a pivotal role in bringing the pair together

    scottishsongguide.com/2015/09/

    #Scottish #literature #song #folksong #Jacobite #18thcentury #19thcentury #RobertBurns #JamesHogg #Scots #Scotslanguage #Scotstober #gled

  27. The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr,
    And Clavers gat a clankie, O,
    Or I had fed an Athol gled
    On the braes o’ Killicrankie, O…

    —“Killicrankie”, from James Hogg’s JACOBITE RELICS OF SCOTLAND (1819). Verses 1–3 are attributed to Robert Burns; Hogg may have written the rest

    #Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #RobertBurns #JamesHogg #song #folksong #Jacobite #Scots #Scotslanguage #Scotstober #gled

  28. If you're wondering about Beltane songs, Danica Boyce's Fair Folk really hits the spot -soundcloud.com/fairfolkcast/bi

    "Cast your cares and fears away and follow the 'obby 'oss to bring the May."

    #Beltane #FairFolk #DanicaBoyce #folksong #MayDay #folklore