{"id":16486,"date":"2022-07-11T06:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T06:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=16486"},"modified":"2022-07-11T07:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T07:44:36","slug":"sing-a-song-of-bonnie-scotland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/sing-a-song-of-bonnie-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing a song of Bonnie Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Bonnie Scotland<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1913<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>AJ Mills and Bennett Scott or gifford\/Mellor<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN24857<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Lily Morris<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Green, Charles; England : Yorkshire; 1971
Modern performances<\/strong>
The chorus features in a number of sing-along Scottish medleys<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sing a song of Bonnie Scotland<\/strong>\nWritten and composed by AJ Mills and Bennett Scott. Sung by Miss Lily Morris\nFrom Sheet Music Published in Weekly Despatch (1913)\n\nFar away on lonely prairie land\nAs the night-time shadows grow\nSat a rough but merry crowd of men,\nSinging all the songs they new,\nTill the fiddler stopped his merry tune;\nAnd turning around said he,\nTo a Hieland laddie standing by,\nJust awa' from old Dundee.\n\nSing us a song of Bonnie Scotland.\nAny old song will do.\nRound the old camp fire.\nA rough and ready choir.\nJoin in the chorus too.\n\"You take the High Road and I'll take the Low,\nIs a song that we all know.\nTwill remind the boys of Bonnie Scotland \nWhere the Heather and bluebells grow<\/em>\"\n\nSoon a hush fell on the miners camp\nAs the rough and ready throng\nWaited for that stalward laddie there\nTo begin that old Scotch song.\nBut the boy was dreaming, all the while\nOf Scotland his native shore\nAnd a Bonnie lassie he loved well\nTill the words he heard once more -\n\n\"Won't you sing Loch Lomond for the boys?\"\nSaid the fiddler, \"and I'll play.\nGive us Bonnie Mary of Argyll\nOr that sweet song Robin Gray\nI can tell your heart is feeling sad\nBut cheer up and do not pine\nFor some day luck may come your way,\nSo tonight for Auld Lang Syne\"-<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song in praise of Scotland with words by  AJ Mills<\/a> of Surrey, England. It was performed in the Music Halls and pantomimes by Lily Morris<\/a>\u00a0, a particular favourite of Glasgow audiences. It was in 1971 collected by Ian Russell from the singing of Charles Green in Sheffield, Yorkshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chorus is still sung today, usually to hold together a sing-along medley of well-known Scottish songs. Search well-known streaming services if you are interested. Lily Morris doesn’t seem to have recorded it, but here’s a contemporary recording by Stanley Kirby:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sung by Stanley Kirby (1913) UCSB Cylinder Archive<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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