WATSON'S SCOTCH MEASURE. AKA and see "A Highland Lad my Love was Born," "O, An Ye were Dead," "There was a Lad was born i Kyle," "The White Cockade." Scottish, Scottish Measure. F Major. Standard. AABB. Emmerson (1971) thinks that Watson must have been a dancer or musician, else the honorific 'Mr.' would have been inserted. "There was a lad born I Kyle" is a title and line from a Robert Burns song set to the melody of "Watson's." Gow (1799) calls it "A very old tune." Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String), 1971; No. 26, pg. 128. Gow (Complete Repository), Part First, 1799; pg. 5. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935 (appears as "There was a lad born in Kyle"). McGlashan, Collection of Scotch Measures, 17--. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1778; pg. 7.
T:Watson's Scots Measure (sic)
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B:McGlashan - Collection of Strathspey Reels
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