Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-30

world over.
During the struggles of the house Of
Stuart to assert itself against that of
Brunswick, Scotland in her sympathy
for the exiled Stuarts seemed to gush
invo song, and adopted Lowland words
to Highland airs-hence, even to this
day, the Jacobin songs of Scotland are
among the most lovely, devoted, and
insperational to be found in the whole
range Of songs. Such songs as:
20 vha'l be king but Charliev'
''Ths Campbells are coming Ohio. oho."
Bonnie laddie. Highland laddie."
and : host Of others, not only familiar
to Scotsmen, but lovers OF song,
wherever the English tongue is spoken.
One Of the chief features Of Scottish
songs is its exquisite tenderness and
the warm breath Of love that Ais its
warbling notes. In the whole range Of
poesy whore is anything to compare
In tenderness to that beauliful hymn
"The land o the LeaL"
The Rev. Swing Of Chicago in q re-
cent sermon, characterized it ss the
sweetest song eve written in any
tongue. So pure, SC chaste, loving and
inspriational.
For depth Of passion and pure at
lection where can We find the counter
part Of
"Auld Robin Cray
Zone fond kiss and then re sever"
Aud Joe Necholson's bonny Mamie"
I'VE banks and bras O bonnie Doom" etc. etc.
Notwithstanding the difficulties Of
the Scottish dialect to master, yet
many of the songs of Scotland have
been popular with the great singers Of
the world
Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nighten-
gale, loved to sing ON the stage, aye
banks and braes o. bon DOOM" Pec-
lomini while touring the United States
frequently sang, before the ohoicests
audiences.
We'll WOO a bonny lassie. when the kye comes hame''
And the most delightful rendering 7
ever heard of "Coming through the
rye" was by Emma Abbott, the famed
operatic singer.
Who is there not familiar with thu
air, and words of sBonnie Annie
Laurie" q song written and sung in
Scotland before the time of Burns. and
sang round the circuit Of the globe.
Then there is "Auld lang syne." that
everybody knows and sings, and Screen
grows the rashes, or
My love- she's but a lassie vet.
were a noddin. mid. mid. noddin etc.
The dialect Of Scotland is peculiarly
fitted for expressing, terms Of endear-
ment. In its construction, it has re-
tanned very largely the power Of coein9
diminitives, which SO strongly marks
the German language, but which
power Is almost wholly lost to the
English tongue. Again. those NOT
familiar with the dialect may regard
It as, uncouth and gutteral. This
nowever is not the Ease. If anyone
Will Cake Q sentence Of Scotch dia-
iectic reading and compare it with m
E.nglisn reading, he will And that
mere are many more novels in Ina
ocotcn than In the English: cha
makes 1t softer and consenuentiv
more tender and metrical. The Scotok
olalect 10 not adopted for hirh-
wrougnt or sublime expressions.
readers Of Burns viii notics that
whenever he scars into snhIim~
ne crops the dialect and takea
the English pure and slmpla INIT
On tne hand whenever he hss
anything tender, loving and endearino
q say ne always searches the haart
Inroqgn means Of the dialect. or "a :
6cotsmen would say. AIha anld
Dorle." 1t Is these that the sonc. -
Scotland are 80 universally haIovad
Iney search the heart, and vhan 81 ~
proper music touch the strinOs ~ -.
human soul. ~ Tue
Neither do the songs ~ coc.,..s
eACel 70 comic production. buf. IN TIA
realm OF satire they stand hiOh MT
.1s KS songs are certainly vithont an
SquaA u any language. and thn -snst
Dulns stands before the world Z. 49,
simplest, truest and sweatrsf scrc
maker IN al the world.
mere are besides some okh.r
10y are freely the propertv ~ ~
Morid. From Australia Is Wsah;n.tcn
annie Laurie Is ! fayorita 49, 49,
sung 20 gladden. hearts il Ana s.i.ct
homo Or on the stage. IS n se'sos
..Asld lang syn...
gonn Andesscn - "a"
Nfoon ETovn fha 1877