• A Nation Once Again  by Thomas Davis
   

• Annie Laurie
  The song to "Annie Laurie" was originally written by her sweetheart, William Douglas, and amended by Lady John Scott (1810-1900) who altered the second verse and composed the third. This song was a favourite with Scottish soldiers during the Crimean War.  The song is about the wife of Alexander Fergusson of Craigdarroch.
  The song is about the wife of Alexander Fergusson of Craigdarroch.
   

• Auld Lang Syne click here for history of Auld Lang Syne
   

• Black Velvet Band
  (traditional song indicating the savagery of the penal code which allowed for transportation to Van Diemen's Land,now Tasmania, for what can only be regarded as petty crimes)
   

• Danny Boy
   

• Donald Where's Your Troosers?
  Andy Stewart was a popular and well known entertainer on stage and television. He starred in "The White Heather" club, a medley of Scottish song and dance which began life in the days of black and white TV and lasted for many years. Andy Stewart was identified with a number of songs, including this one about Donald and his kilt...
   

• Fields of Athenry
  The Fields of Athenry is a song about the The Irish Potato Famine, which struck Ireland between 1846 and 1849;
  composer: 1980s by Pete St. John
   

• Finnegan's Wake
  This musical description of an Irish wake which got out of hand dates from the mid 1800's
  and would have been familir to James Joyce who wote a book by the same name.
   

• Flower of Scotland  the lyrics commemorate the defeat of Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314
   

• I Belong to Glasgow
  This song was written by the music hall entertainer Will Fyfe (1885-1947),
  reputedly after helping a drunk who said "The way I feel tonight is that Glasgow belongs to me."
   

• I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
   

• Irish Rover by Joseph Crofts
   

• Loch Lomond:
  The Highland Scots wanted a Scottish, not an English King to rule. Led by their Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward Stuart) they attempted unsuccessfully to depose Britain's King George II. An army of 7,000 Highlanders were defeated on April 16, 1746 at the famous Battle of Culloden Moor. It is this same battle that indirectly gives rise to this beautiful song. After the battle, many Scottish soldiers were imprisoned within England's Carlisle Castle, near the border of Scotland. "Loch Lomond" tells the story of two Scottish soldiers who were so imprisoned. One of them was to be executed, while the other was to be set free. According to Celtic legend if someone dies in a foreign land, his spirit will travel to his homeland by "the low road" - the route for the souls of the dead. In the song, the spirit of the dead soldier shall arrive first, while the living soldier will take the "high road" over the mountains, to arrive afterwards. The song is from the point of view of the soldier who will be executed: When he sings, "ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road" in effect he is saying that you will return alive, and I will return in spirit. He remembers his happy past, "By yon bonnie banks ... where me and my true love were ever wont to gae [accustomed to go]" and sadly accepts his death "the broken heart it ken nae [knows no] second Spring again."
   

• MacNamara’s Band
  by Shamus O'Connor (composer) & John J. Stamford (lyrics) 1917
   

• Mairi's Wedding
  Lewis Wedding Song  
  Lyrics by Johnny Bannerman 1935 for Mary McNiven; to learn more, including lyrics in Gaelic, click here
  The tune for this song can be found in the Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser collection of music of the Hebrides,
  published in the early 20th century. It is untitled.
   

• My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose
   

• My Wild Irish Rose
  by Chauncey Olcott 1899; to learn more click here
   

• Roamin' in the Gloamin'
  Composer : Harry Lauder (Sir) 1870-1950
   

• Scotland The Brave
  Lyric composed by Cliff Hanley and set to an old pipe tune.
   

• SKYE BOAT SONG  
  Words by Sir Harold Boulton, Bart., 1884. Music by Annie MacLeod.  
  Charles Edward Stewart, the Young Pretender, was routed by the Duke of Cumberland on Culloden Moor in 1745.  Aided by a Jacobite heroine, Flora MacDonald, Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped to the island of Skye in the inner Hebrides.  He was finally taken by a French vessel to Morlaix on the coast of Bretagne.  The first half of the tune is said to be an old sea shanty; the other half is traditionally attributed to Miss MacLeod.
   

• THESE  ARE MY MOUNTAINS Words and music by James Copeland
  
   

• The Unicorn Song - Shel Silverstein
   

• Waltzing With Bears
  The history of the song is somewhat controversial. Most trace its origins to a Dr. Seuss composition called My Uncle Terwilliger Waltzes with Bears (The Cat in The Hat Songbook, Random House, 1967) with words by Dr. Seuss and music by Eugene Poddany. Songwriter Dale Marxen claims it is an original composition. To learn more click here
   

• When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
  The lyrics to When Irish Eyes Are Smiling were written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr. and set to the music of Enerst Ball for Olcott's production of The Isle O' Dreams. The music was published in 1912. To hear the melody and learn more click here
   

• Wild Rover (traditional)
   

• Will You Go Lassie Go (Wild Mountain Thyme) (traditional)

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Updated November 17, 2008.