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

Tag: Scottish

  • The Blue Bells of Scotland (0150 of 1000)

    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 my heart, I wish him safe at home. 3. Oh! what, tell me what,…

  • The Banks of Allan Water (0022 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/banks-of-allan-water.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/1731

  • There Was a Crooked Man (0161 of 1000)

    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 Earl of Leven, c 1580 – 1661. Soldier, Diplomat. The “crooked man”…

  • 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)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/skye-boat-song.mp3 “The Young Chevalier”, Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), “Bonnie Prince Charlie”, Stuart Claimant to the Thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland Skye Boat Song Refrain Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing Onward the sailors cry Carry the lad that’s born to be king Over the sea to Skye 3. Many’s the lad…

  • Bonnie Dundee (Song 0019 of 1000)

    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 Bonny Dundee 1. Tae the Lords o’ convention ’twas Claverhouse spoke E’er the King’s Crown go down there are crowns to be broke So each cavilier who loves honor and…

  • 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…