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Ballads and Songs of Scotland

Norman Kennedy

Ballads and Songs of Scotland, CD artwork — *Ballads and Songs of Scotland* by Norman Kennedy, CD artwork

Norman Kennedy, an Aberdeenshire Scotsman transplanted to Vermont, first sang in the United States at the Newport Folk Festival on the invitation of Ralph Rinzler. On Ballads and Songs of Scotland, Kennedy sings Scottish folk songs unaccompanied. Sung primarily in Scots (a language descended from Middle English), the record also features songs in English and Scots-Gaelic. Some melodies will be recognizable to those familiar with music from other Celtic traditions.

Track Listing

101	Night Visiting Song	Norman Kennedy	03:26
102	Sixteen Come Sunday	Norman Kennedy	03:32
103	A Student Boy Cam' Courting Me	Norman Kennedy	02:15
104	A Beggerman Cam' O'er Yon Lea	Norman Kennedy	04:42
105	The Fause Knight Upon the Road	Norman Kennedy	01:25
106	Mouth Music	Norman Kennedy	03:23
107	My Highland Soldier	Norman Kennedy	02:15
108	Johnny, My Man, Dae Ye Nae Think O' Rising	Norman Kennedy	03:17
109	Oh, Have Ye Heard O' the Merchant's Son	Norman Kennedy	02:47
110	Corachree	Norman Kennedy	02:45
111	I'm a Forester in the Wood	Norman Kennedy	03:59
112	I'll Lay Ye Down, Love, I'll Treat Ye Decent	Norman Kennedy	02:17
113	There Was a Jolly Beggar	Norman Kennedy	05:17
114	Kishmul's Galley	Norman Kennedy	01:46
115	Guise O' Tough	Norman Kennedy	01:55
116	Talk of Bothies	Norman Kennedy	01:58
117	Drumdelgie	Norman Kennedy	02:19