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One Morning in May" (Roud 140, Laws P14) is an English folk song which has been collected from traditional singers in England and the USA and has also been recorded by revival singers. Through the use of double-entendre , at least in the English versions, it tells of an encounter between a grenadier (or soldier) and a lady.
The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie (Roud # 545) is a Scottish folk song about a thwarted romance between a soldier and a woman. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often referred to by its opening line "There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons".
O where and O where does your highland laddie dwell; He dwells in merry Scotland where the bluebells sweetly smell, And all in my heart I love my laddie well' [1] A broadside ballad version (words only) from slightly later in the 19th century makes references to George III and the Napoleonic wars: Oh, where, and oh, where is my highland laddie ...
"Any Old Iron" (music by Charles Collins; lyrics by Terry Sheppard) sung by Harry Champion. "Boiled Beef and Carrots" (Charles Collins and Fred Murray) sung by Harry Champion. "The Boy I Love is up in the Gallery" (George Ware) sung by Nelly Power and Marie Lloyd. "Burlington Bertie from Bow" (William Hargreaves) sung by Ella Shields.
There has been some doubt that Douglas composed the poem. The words of the second verse of the song may be based on an old version of John Anderson My Jo, to the tune of which song Annie Laurie was sometimes sung. The words were first recorded in 1823 in Sharpe's "Ballad Book", quite a long time after 1700.
VERSE I: Goodnight, ladies! Goodnight, ladies! Goodnight, ladies! We're going to leave you now. CHORUS: Merrily we roll along, roll along, roll along.
Highland laddie is also the name of a dance in Scottish Highland dancing, of the "national dance" subtype.This version of the dance was first published by D. G. MacLennan in 1952, who referred to it as a Hebridean dance, collected by MacLennan in 1925 from Archie MacPherson on the island of South Uist.
I know who I love, And I know who does love me; I know where I'm going, And I know who's going with me, Oh, diddle, lully day, Oh, de little lioday. Chorus Through the woods I go, And through the bogs and mire, Straightway down the road, And to my heart's desire, Oh, diddle, lully day, Oh, de little lioday. Chorus Eyes as bright as coal, Lips ...