>>>>> "John" == John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> I just recently played Come Under My Plaidie (good title, that),
I just ran into a reference to this tune. It's from the autobiography
of Lucy Maude Montgomery, best known as the author of _Anne of Green
Gables_.
LMM> John Macneill had come to Prince Edward Island in 1775; his
LMM> family belonged to Argyleshire and had been adherents of the
LMM> unfortunate Stuarts. Consequently, young Macneill found that
LMM> a change of climate would probably be beneficial. Hector
LMM> Macneill, a minor Scottish poet, was a cousin of his. He was
LMM> the author of several beautiful and well-known lyrics, among
LMM> them "Saw ye my wee thing, saw ye my ain thing," "I lo'e
LMM> ne'er a laddie but one," and "Come under my plaidie" � the
LMM> latter often and erroneously attributed to Burns.
The whole book can be read at
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/montgomery/alpine/alpine.html
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