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  2. Jim Reid (folk musician) - Wikipedia

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    Jim Reid (5 May 1934 – 6 July 2009) was a Scottish folk musician who was born in Dundee. [1] ... in which he put music to Violet Jacob's 1915 poem, ...

  3. Violet Jacob - Wikipedia

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    Violet Jacob (1 September 1863 – 9 September 1946) was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry, mainly in Scots.She was described by a fellow Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid as "the most considerable of contemporary vernacular poets".

  4. 1946 in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of Scottish history ... 10 May – Donovan, singer, ... 9 September – Violet Jacob, historical novelist (born 1863)

  5. The Proclaimers to sing at Alex Salmond memorial - AOL

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    SNP MSP Fergus Ewing will read from The Wild Geese by Violet Jacob. Conservative MP Sir David Davis, who shared a long friendship with Salmond despite a political divide, will read from John: 14.

  6. Salmond family proud of 'him and everything he did' - AOL

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    The veteran SNP MSP Fergus Ewing will read from The Wild Geese by Violet Jacob. Conservative MP Sir David Davis, who shared a long friendship with Salmond, will give a Bible reading.

  7. List of Scottish musicians - Wikipedia

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    Jon Campbell, singer, producer, keyboard player, songwriter, and frontman of the band The Time Frequency; Junior Campbell, founding member, lead guitarist, piano player, and singer with the band Marmalade; Kenna Campbell, Scottish singer, teacher, tradition bearer and advocate for Gaelic language, culture and song.

  8. 1911 in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Release of Rob Roy, the first British-made three-reel feature film, shot by the Scottish company United Films Ltd in studios at Rouken Glen on the edge of Glasgow and on location in Aberfoyle. [8] Violet Jacob's historical novel Flemington is published. Harry Lauder writes the popular song "Roamin' In The Gloamin'".

  9. 1863 in poetry - Wikipedia

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    September 1 – Violet Jacob, born Violet Kennedy-Erskine (died 1946), Scottish historical novelist and poet; October 9 – Gamaliel Bradford (died 1932), American biographer, critic, poet and dramatist; November 18 – Richard Dehmel (died 1920), German