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Scottish Songs
The songs of Scotland have been derived from a variety of sources, including:-
- Robert Burns - whose influence has been very pronounced
- the border ballads - Sir Walter Scott has been highly influential in this regard
- the bothy ballads - especially from the North East of Scotland
- the fishing communities - especially up and down the East Coast of Scotland
- the street songs from our main cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen
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Who are the Scots?
Cardinal David Beaton (1494 - 1548) Effectively the last Archbishop of St. Andrews. Opposed by John Knox, murdered by Protestant reformers in the same year that he executed George Wishart.
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