Yellow-Haired Laddie (I), The

DESCRIPTION: "The maidens are smiling" because the clans will fight "and the yella haired laddie is first in the van." "He heeds not the danger and fear is unknown." "The maidens are crying in rocky Glencoe... for the yellow-haired laddie lies cauld in the clay"
AUTHOR: Thomas C Latto (b.1818) (source: McMorland/Scott-HerdLaddieOTheGlen, Whitelaw)
EARLIEST DATE: 1843 (Whitelaw-BookOfScottishSong)
KEYWORDS: battle death Scotland youth
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Feb 13, 1692 - The Massacre of Glencoe (although that may not be the subject of the song)
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
McMorland/Scott-HerdLaddieOTheGlen, pp. 98-99, 153, "The Yella Haired Laddie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Whitelaw-BookOfScottishSong, p. 489, "The Yellow-Haired Laddie" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Willie Scott, "The Yellow-Haired Laddie," School of Scottish Studies Archive SA1970.373,Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches accessed 14 September 2013 from http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/67735/1
Roud #6930
NOTES [15 words]: For background on the Massacre of Glencoe, see the notes to "The Massacre of Glencoe." - RBW
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File: McSc098

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