A delightful way to explore the rich heritage and culture of Scotland.

Here you can find:

• Children’s songs and games
• Folk songs, airs and old favourites
• Scottish poems

This collection from its Songs from many lands home has reached the !MAGIC NUMBER 21! and more and has been rewarded with a dedicated homepage on this River of song website!

At school, we were introduced to songs from all over the world, but those from the British Isles always took centre stage. Scottish dancing clubs were a big hit with children aged eight and up, and I remember well how much fun they were as an eleven-year-old in the 1950s! The BBCTV program ‘A Song For Everyone’ was also hugely popular then, with the wonderful Kenneth McKellar bringing traditional Scottish music to a wide audience.

Words and music by Dany Rosevear ****
Music by Dany Rosevear ♪♫ – only recently begun to add
You will notice a few hearts 💖 appearing here and elsewhere on this website, they indicate a song that is a big favourite of mine. There will be many equally enjoyed but not yet labelled as such!

Scottish YouTube playlist

Afton Water new
YouTube PDF folk song / lullaby / poem
Ally bally bee or Coulter’s candy 💖
YouTube PDF lullaby
An Eriskay love lilt new
YouTube PDF Scotland / lullaby / love
Annie Laurie
YouTube PDF Scottish / folk song
Baloo baleerie
YouTube PDF lullaby
Bee baw babbity Scottish
YouTube PDF circle game / baby dandling
Bonny at morn
YouTube PDF lullaby
Charlie is my darling
YouTube PDF lavender lane / Robert Burns
Coorie Doon
YouTube PDF Scottish lullaby / folk song
Gaelic lullaby new
YouTube PDF weather
Highland cradle song
YouTube PDF Scottish lullaby
Highland fairy lullaby 💖
YouTube PDF lullaby
Hush-a-ba, birdie 💖
YouTube PDF lullaby
John Smith, fellow fine
YouTube PDF lap play / Scottish
Loch Lomond new
YouTube PDF folk song / community / schools radio
Katie Beardie
YouTube PDF comic / playground / Scottish
May Day in the morning
YouTube PDF
Mairi’s wedding
YouTube PDF Scottish / nostalgia / Schools radio
Morag’s cradle song
YouTube PDF lullaby
My bonny lies over the ocean
YouTube PDF Scottish / community
My faithful Johnny
YouTube PDF Schools radio / folk / Halloween / harvest
O can ye sew cushions
YouTube PDF Scottish cradle song / Schools radio
The cockle gatherer / Eetia doo veel
YouTube PDF Hebridean folk song
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry 💖
YouTube PDF folk song / Scottish islands / lullaby
The Skye boat song
YouTube PDF lullaby / Lavender Lane
Three Craws 💖
YouTube PDF Scottish / number / hand play
Up in the morning early
YouTube PDF winter weather
Wild mountain thyme Summer Irish/Scots
YouTube PDF