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Two reels played on the fiddle: 'The Mason's Apron' and 'The Kilt is my Delight'.

The 6/8 pipe march 'Ballochyle' played on the fiddle.

This is 'The Jig of Slurs' played on the fiddle.

Two reels played on the fiddle. The first tune is 'The Flowers of Edinburgh' and the second is 'Loch Leven Castle'.

A comic bothy ballad in which a ploughman describes his appreciation for his 'nicky tams' [leather thongs worn around the knees].

Peninsular War song in which a Forfar man enlists in the army to escape poverty and is sent to battle. He is shot in the leg, leaving him lame, but he manages to return home and live off his army p...

A strathspey and reel played on the fiddle. The tunes are 'Fairbairn's Strathspey' and 'John MacNeil's Reel'.

Unhappy marriage song in which the singer wishes she had a younger man, penniless if need be, rather than her wealthy husband. Her hopes are fulfilled when her husband dies and she finds a young ma...

In this song, a young woman tells how she is known for her love of the 'lichtbobs' [light infantrymen]. She will have the 'dyster' [dyer] dye her petticoats red and yellow [the colour of the soldie...

In this song, a man meets a young woman and the two spend the night drinking in a tavern, after which they retire together. In the morning, she tells the man to pay the bill with money from her pur...