Kate Dalrymple
"Kate Dalrymple" is a traditional Scottish reel. The melody was originally published as "The New Highland Laddie" in 1750.[1] It was recorded by Jimmy Shand in 1955.[2] The Scots song associated with the melody of this name was written by William Watt, East Kilbride.[3] It tells the comic tale of the eponymous muirland spinster who was ugly and unable to find a romantic partner. Coming into an inheritance of fortune, she thereafter found a willing suitor.
It is used by the BBC as the theme music for the BBC Radio Scotland dance music programme Take the Floor.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Kate Dalrymple reel". The Session. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Jimmy Shand – Schottische". Internet archive. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ MacMahon, Desmond (1939) Nelson's New National and Folk Song Book; pt. II. London: Thomas Nelson; pp. 92-93