The Highland Laddie (Ramsay)

For works with similar titles, see The Highland Laddie.

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The Highland Laddie
by Allan Ramsay

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There was an old song called "The Highland Laddie," which was sung to an old tune, both of which, song and tune, are now nearly forgotten. [...] Ramsay wrote two sets of words to the old tune: viz. the one which we here give, and another called "The Highland Lassie." An English version of the latter was afterwards published, to which Dr. Arne, the celebrated composer, set new music. Dr. Arne's tune is the one now sung to the present words, and is remarkable for beauty and compass. Sheridan, in his opera of "The Duenna," (1775,) adopts the tune for the well-known words, beginning, "Ah, sure a pair was never seen," &c. —Alexander Whitelaw, The Book of Scottish Song (1843)

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Versions of The Highland Laddie include:

"The Highland Laddie" in Ladies breastknot (1802)
"The Highland Laddie" in Queen Mary's lamentation (1824)
"The Highland Laddie" in The Sentimental songster (1840s)
"The Highland Laddie" in Seraphim (1840s)
"The Highland Laddie" in The Book of Scottish Song (1843)
"The lawland lads" in Six popular songs (1850s)