The 1,000 Good Songs, Parallel to John Senior's 1,000 Good Books

Tag: Scottish

  • The Blue Bells of Scotland (0150 of 1000)

    Bb, transposed, for tenors https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Blue-Bells-of-Scotland-Bb.mp3 Eb, the key of the sheet music, for sopranos https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Blue-Bells-of-Scotland.mp3 The Blue Bells of Scotland 1. Oh! where, tell me where is your Highland laddie gone? Oh! where, tell me where is your Highland laddie gone? He’s gone with streaming banners, where noble deeds are done. And its oh in…

  • The Banks of Allan Water (0022 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/banks-of-allan-water.mp3 The Banks of Allan Water 1. By the banks of Allan Water When the sweet springtime did fall Was the miller’s lovely daughter Fairest of them all For his bride, a soldier sought her And a winning tongue had he On the banks of Allan Water, none so gay as she 3. On the…

  • There Was a Crooked Man (0161 of 1000)

    Contrasts with John Graham of Claverhouse, First Viscount of Dundee, Bonnie Dundee https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/there-was-a-crooked-man.mp3 There was a crooked man, who walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a crooked little house. Alexander Leslie, 1st…

  • Loch Lomond (0023 of 1000)

    In the key of the sheet music, G. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/loch-lomond.mp3 In a lower key, F. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/loch-lomond-f.mp3 Loch Lomond 1. By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where  the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond, Oh, we two have passed so many blithesome days, On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond CHORUS CHORUS O…

  • Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon (0021 of 1000)

    Key of G – Consonant with the Sheet Music https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ye-Banks-and-Braes-o-Bonnie-Doon.mp3 Key of F – Transposed https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ye-Banks-and-Braes-o-Bonnie-Doon-F.mp3 Robert Burns (1759-1796) Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon 1. Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu’ o’…

  • The Skye Boat Song (0020 of 1000)

    A Lullaby to Commemorate the Evacuation by Boat, of the Last Catholic Prince of Great Britain, Bonnie Prince Charlie, to a Remote Hebrides Island, The Isle of Skye, Following His Final Defeat Key of G, as printed in the sheet music https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/skye-boat-song.mp3 Key of Eb, transposed https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/skye-boat-song-Eb.mp3 Skye Boat Song Refrain Speed bonnie boat like…

  • Bonnie Dundee (Song 0019 of 1000)

    Contrasts with “Covenanter” Alexander Leslie, in “There Was a Crooked Man“. In the same key as the accompanying sheet music, Eb. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/bonnie-dundee.mp3 In the key of C. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/bonnie-dundee-in-c.mp3 John Graham of Claverhouse, First Viscount of Dundee Some Scottish Lords such as Claverhouse (Dundee) supported the Monarchy. His opponents in the de facto Scottish Parliament, “Convention”,…

  • Oft in the Stilly Night (0018 of 1000)

    In the same key as the accompanying sheet music, Bb. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Oft-in-the-Stilly-Night.mp3 In the key of Eb. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Oft-in-the-Stilly-Night-Eb.mp3 Oft in the Stilly NightThomas Moore Verse 1 Oft, in the stilly night, Ere slumber’s chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light, Of other days around me; Chorus 1 The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood’s years,…

  • Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (Song 0017 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flow-Gently-Sweet-Afton.mp3 Flow Gently Sweet Afton 1. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds thro’ the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,…

  • The Wife of Usher’s Well (0222 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Wife-of-Ushers-Well.mp3 1) THERE lived a wife at Usher’s Well, And a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o’er the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. 4) “Blow…

  • Scots Wha Hae Wi Wallace Bled (0417 of 1000)

    Digital audio recording in Bb, the key of the sheet music https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Scots-Wha-Hae-Wi-Wallace-Bled–Academy-Songbook-Bb.mp3 Digital audio recording in F, transposed for men’s voices https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Scots-Wha-Hae-Wi-Wallace-Bled–Academy-Songbook-F.mp3 Analogue audio recording in F#, the key of the video at the bottom https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HeyTuttieTatie.mp3 Scots, Wha Hae Wi’ Wallace Bled 1. Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led;…

  • In the Gloaming (0009 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/In-the-Gloaming.mp3 This shorlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/117

  • Auld Lang Syne (Song 0005 of 1000)

    (Two Verses for Instrumental Lead-In) https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AuldLangSyne.mp3 (Three Verses for Singing) https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AuldLangSyne-3-verses.mp3 Auld Lang Syne Robert Burns 1. Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot and old lang syne? Chorus Chorus For auld lang syne, my dear for auld lang syne we’ll take a cup of kindness yet…

  • Annie Laurie (Song 0002 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Annie-Laurie.mp3 Annie Laurie 1. Maxwellton braes are bonnie Where early fa’s the dew And ’twas there that Annie Laurie Gave me her promise true Gave me her promise true Which ne’er forgot will be And for bonnie Annie Laurie I’d lay me doon and dee 3. Like dew on th’ gowan lying Is the fa’…