English and Scottish popular ballads,

Mode of access: Internet.

Minstrelsy of the Scottish border,

Mode of access: Internet.

Songs and hymns of the Gael : with translations and music and an introduction /

Unacc. melodies in staff and tonic sol-fa notations.

The tea-table miscellany: a collection of choice songs, Scots and English. Reprinted from the 14th ed.

Comprises four vols. first pub. in 1724, 1725, 1727, and 1732; it is doubtful whether Ramsay collected or edited the fourth vol.

Twelve romantic Scottish ballads : with the original airs, arranged for the pianoforte.

Compiled by R. Chambers. Cf. Preface.

Songs and poems : in the Gaelic language /

Glossary: p. [351]-366.

The mountain minstrel = or, Clarsach nam beann : consisting of original poems and songs in English and Gaelic /

Mode of access: Internet.

A compendious book of godly and spiritual songs, commonly known as 'The gude and godie ballatis', reprinted from the edition of 1567;

With facsim. of the t.-p. of the editions of 1576, 1600, and 1621, and of 2 pages of the edition of 1567.

Carlyle's Essays on Burns, with poems and songs from Burns,

"Descriptive bibliography: Carlyle": p. xxxi-xxxiii.

English and Scottish ballads /

Fore-runner of the editor's much more extensive work "The English and Scottish popular ballads," issued in ten parts, 1882-1898.

The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern; with an introduction and notes, historical and critical, and characters of the lyric poets.

"Introduction to Scottish song" and "Characters of lyric poets": v. 1, p. 1-255.

Let The People Sing? Irish Rebel Songs, Sectarianism, and Scotland’s Offensive Behaviour Act

Irish rebel songs afford Scotland’s Irish diaspora a means to assert, experience, and perform their alterity free from the complexities of the Irish language. Yet this benign intent can be offset by how the music is perceived by elements of Scotland’s majority Protestant population. The Scottish Government’s Offensive Behaviour Act (2012) has been used to prosecute those singing Irish rebel songs and there is continuing debate as to how this alleged offence should be dealt with. This article explores the social function and cultural perception of Irish rebel songs in the west coast of Scotland, examining what qualities lead to a song being perceived as ‘sectarian’, by focusing on song lyrics, performance context, and extra-musical discourse. The article explores the practice of lyrical ‘add-ins’ that inflect the meaning of key songs, and argues that the sectarianism of a song resides, at least in part, in the perception of the listener.

Songs of Resilience

The chapters of this book form a persuasive chorus of social practices that advocate the use of music to build a capacity for resilience in individuals and groups. As a whole they exemplify music projects that share common features aligned with an ecological view of reform in health, education and social work systems. Internationally renowned and early career academics have collaborated with practitioners to sing ‘Songs of Resilience’; some of which are narratives that report on the effects of music practices for a general population, and some are based on a specific approach, genre or service. Others are quite literally ‘songs’ that demonstrate aspects of resilience in action. The book makes the connection between music and resilience explicit by posing the following questions—Do music projects in education, health and social services build a measurable capacity for resilience amongst individuals? Can we replicate these projects’ outcomes to develop a capacity for resilience in diverse cultural groups? Does shared use of the term ‘resilience’ help to secure funding for innovative musical activities that provide tangible health, education and social outcomes?