“The Great Silkie”
The Corries sing their version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (The Corries, Live At The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhFlt0cRcs
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“Silkie”
Joan Baez sings a version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (Joan Baez Vol. 2, 1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZy2Q3QY0Q
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #JoanBaez #Scots #Scotslanguage
“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”
—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)
22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭
🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)
#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals
Happy #WorldPoetryDay. 🌿🪿Here's my favourite poem, written by Violet Jacob called Norlan Wind (The Wild Geese), written in 1915. The melody was written by Jim Reid.
On 1 September 1863, novelist poet and fiction writer Violet Jacob was born in Montrose, where her family owned the house of Dun.
From last nights show in Bad Wildungen with the wonderful Lenka Fairy dancing! 🧚 I taught this song in one of my recent Online Zoom Scots Song workshops. The next workshop is on 8th April at 20:00 GMT. Open to all abilities. No fluency needed! Come join a welcoming group of learners of Scots language and song. All resources provided. 🎟️ Tickets → https://bit.ly/3ZGADYp
RSE Investigates: The history of Scots and English in 10 objects
What can objects tell us about the history of our languages?
Prof Jeremy Smith uncovers the unique stories & histories of English & Scots through ten extraordinary objects: a bone, a piece of jewellery, a stone cross, a jug, two manuscripts, two letters, a broadside sheet, & an early printed book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8MEEn47TRc
#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #languagehistory
I didna speak
whan it bleetert doon.
Ma man wis gey taen up wi’ getting us
sortit, an’ it wis fell lang afore we had
the bastes in an’ the fowl settled…
—Eunice Buchanan, “Wife to Noah”
published in MARKINGS 30 (2010)
A poem for International Women’s Day
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/wife-noah/
#Scottish #literature #InternationalWomensDay #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage
“Bide the storm ye canna hinder”
Jenni Calder on Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975): poet, author, founder member of the Saltire Society, Hon Sec of Scottish PEN, & linchpin of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/helen-cruickshank-bide-the-storm-ye-canna-hinder/
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #InternationalWomensDay #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage
Have you registered for my next online Scots Song Robert Burns Song workshop? If not, today is the best day to sign up. Today is #BandcampFriday when they waive their artist fees. The perfect time to support artists!
I have two offerings on sale today. Tickets to my next online Scots Song workshop and Scots language Mothers Day cards. 🌸🏴
Workshop info ↓
📍Zoom
🗓️ Wed 8 April
⏰ 20:00 GMT
💰 £10
🎟️ Tickets → https://bit.ly/3ZGADYp
👋 All abilities welcome
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Iona Fyfe
