A guid sang
The Scots language and songwriting are inseparable from each other, producing many of Scotland’s best loved songs. And it is a song in Scots which after Happy Birthday is officially the world’s second-most-sung song – Robert Burns’ Auld Lang Syne.
What Can A Young Lassie
Robert Burns (1759–96) wrote a vast number of songs. Enjoy his comic piece about a young girl married to a much older man. It's performed by Aspograss.
What Can a Young Lassie (Aspograss) (3 MB)
PDF file: What Can A Young Lassie (10 KB)Freedom Come-All-Ye
Hamish Henderson (1919–2002) was a soldier, folklorist and respected poet who wrote his famous international anthem for freedom in bold uncompromising Scots. Performed by Jim Reid.
Freedom Come All Ye (Jim Reid) (3.6 MB) PDF file: Freedom Come-All-Ye (10 KB)Peterheid Fisherman's Wife
A lively Aberdeenshire song which records the experiences of being a fisherman’s wife. Performed by Tryst.
Peterhead Fisherman's Wife (Tryst) (2.4 MB) PDF file: Peterheid Fisherman's Wife lyrics (13 KB)Winter Sun
Contemporary Scots singers Gill Bowman and Karine Polwart’s haunting song about the life of a female coal miner in the early 19th century.
Winter Sun (MacAlias, Bowman and Polwart) (3.9 MB) PDF file: Winter Sun (10 KB)