{"id":20904,"date":"2023-06-13T09:31:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=20904"},"modified":"2023-06-13T09:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:33:24","slug":"queen-amang-the-heather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/queen-amang-the-heather\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen amang the heather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Queen among the heather<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1909<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Harry Lauder & James Malarkey<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN30975 (V25538)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Harry Lauder<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Stewart, Lucy; Scotland : Aberdeenshire; 1959<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From original sheet music:<\/strong>\n\nI ken a Lass; how happy are my feelin's \nShe's in Argyll and Argyll is in the Hielan's\nMy hand and my heart to her I've presented\nAnd in return to me she's gave her vow and am contented\n\nOh! my<\/em> ...\nHeart's in the Hielan's wae my bonnie Bessie Lee\nI've gave my heart to Bessie and she gave hers to me\nAye, and when I think of her my bosom fairly thrills \nShe's ma Queen amang the heather, on the bonnie heather hills<\/em>\n\nShe disna sigh for dresses that are silken\nShe's quite content at the churnin' and the milkin'\nShe has eyes like the stars, they fairly set me reelin'\nAnd in here where my heart is, I've a very funny feelin'\n\nI've been sae very happy since I met her\nNow she's wrote to tell me that nae other chap will get her \nI've to meet her every night, and three times on a Sunday\nSo I'm going back to make mine, I get the boat on Monday\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This\u00a0Harry Lauder\u00a0<\/a>song was collected from the singing of Lucy Stewart by Kenneth Goldstein in 1959. You can hear the recording on the excellent\u00a0Tobar an Dualchais \/ Kist o Riches website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not to be confused with the more famous folksong also called Queen amang the Heather <\/em>(RN375), also sung by members of the famous Stewart family from Blairgowrie. You can find more about that song on the MainlyNorfolk website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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