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"Highland Laddie", also known as "Hielan' Laddie", is the name of a Scottish popular folk tune "If Thou'lt Play Me Fair Play",^[1] but as with many old melodies various sets of words can be sung to it, of which Robert Burns's poem "Highland Laddie" is probably the best known.

Highland Regiments raised in the 18th and early 19th centuries employed many unique symbols to differentiate themselves from other regiments and enlisted distinctive music to announce their arrival, but as a result of the Cardwell Reforms of 1881, all British Army Highland Regiments were required to use "Highland Laddie" as their regimental march. Over time, many of these regiments had managed to return to their pre-Cardwell marches when, in March 2006, the establishment of the Royal Regiment of Scotland saw the disappearance of all Scotland's historic infantry regiments and their distinctions, including music, and the adoption of a new regimental march, "Scotland the Brave". "If thou'lt play me fair play" has been reworked several times since Burns set down his words, Donkey Riding being one variant.

This tune entitled "Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie" appears on the vinyl box-set "Beethoven Bicentennial Collection - Vol. XVII", an indication that the melody may have been employed by him as well. Lyrics are also sung as well.

Regiments

"Highland Laddie" continues to be the regimental march of a number of Commonwealth regiments with Scottish affiliations. Some of these regiments include:

Highland dance

Highland Laddie is also the name of a dance in Scottish Highland dancing, of the "national dance" subtype. This version of the dance was first published by D.G. MacLennan in 1952, who referred to it as a Hebridean dance, collected by MacLennan in 1925 from Archie MacPherson on the island of South Uist. MacLennan himself suggested "a more effective finishing" of the dance, with entrechat at the end.^[2] Most national dances are usually danced in an Aboyne dress, but the Highland Laddie is one of two national dances that are typically danced in the standard kilt-based outfit, the other being "Wilt Thou Go to the Barracks, Johnny?".

Scottish step dances

Highland (or Hielan') Laddie is the name of several Scottish soft-shoe step dances, different from the National dance mentioned above. Two different dances of this name have been taught in Scottish (Ladies) Step dance classes within the frame of the RSCDS Summer Schools in St Andrews, Scotland.^[3] Yet another version, collected by Jack McConachie and published in 1972^[4] is now commonly referred to as "Hebridean Laddie".^[5] There are reasons to believe that dances taught by Jack McConachie as Hebridean, namely Flowers of Edinburgh and Bonnie Dundee, originally used to be danced to the music of Hielan' Laddie as well.^[6]

Settings

As a tune with martial affiliations Highland Laddie is still widely played by the regimental bands and/or pipes and drums of the Scottish regiments. As a traditional Scottish tune, Highland Laddie is also commonly played on the bagpipes for Scottish dances. Typically categorised as a "Quick March," Highland Laddie is normally written in 2/4 time. The "standard" setting contains two parts (8 bars per part). As with any of the older melodies, variations have been composed and some published with the most distinctive settings appearing in Pipe Major William Ross' 1885 book containing eight parts to 'Highland Laddie'.

Canadian settings

"Highland Laddie" appears as the most frequently used regimental march in the Canadian Forces and demonstrates a variety of settings depending upon which music book and/or instructor was used in any particular area. Some regiments play two parts and some a four-part version as their regimental march. Not all the parts are in the same order and some are not played at all.

Lyrics

Jacobite Rebellion

Sea Shanty

Four-Part Variation

Beethoven

References

1. ^1. Smith, Alexander, p. 264
2. ^MacLennan, D.G. (1952). Highland and Traditional Scottish Dances. Edinburgh. p. 30-31, 58-59.
3. ^Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (2013). The St Andrew's Collection of Step Dances. Vol. 1. pp. 38-41.
4. ^McConachie, Jack (1972). Hebridean Solo Dances. Caber feidh Publications. p. 12-18.
5. ^United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing (2012). The UKA Highland, National and Hebridean Book. Blackpool. p. 34-35.
6. ^Robertson, Colin (1982). Hard Shoe Step Dancing in Scotland and The Flowers of Edinburgh. The Scottish national Dance Company. p. 4.
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://cornemusique.free.fr/ukhighlandladdie.php|title=Highland Laddie - Highland Bagpipes traditional tunes’ stories by Stephane BEGUINOT|website=cornemusique.free.fr|access-date=2018-02-25}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://digital.nls.uk/91340395|title=Wood's edition of the songs of Scotland|last=|first=|date=|website=National Library of Scotland|page=195|language=en|access-date=2018-02-25}}
9. ^http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=23687 "Where got ye siller moon", The Lieder Net Archive