''Songs of Scotland'' is a

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

album by

Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classi ...

. It was released on January 1, 1955 on the Columbia label and features Stafford backed by the Paul Weston Orchestra. The lyrics are all taken from traditional

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

poetry, many from the work of

Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...

, with the music written by Alton Rinker. Stafford and Weston re-joined

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in 1961. The album was later released by Weston and Stafford's own record label, Corinthian.

Track listing

# '' My Heart's in the Highlands'' # ''John Anderson, My Jo'' # ''

Flow Gently Sweet Afton "Sweet Afton" is a lyrical poem describing the River Afton, Afton Water in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was written by Robert Burns in 1791 and set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman in 1837, under the title ''Flow gently, sweet Afton''. This poem was ori ...

'' # '' Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon'' # ''Molly's Meek, Molly's Sweet'' # '' Comin' Through the Rye'' # ''

My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose "A Red, Red Rose" is a 1794 in music, 1794 song in Scots language, Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title "(Oh) My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" and is often published as a poem. Many compos ...

'' # '' Green Grow the Rashes, O'' # ''

Annie Laurie "Annie Laurie" is an old Scottish song based on a poem said to have been written by William Douglas (1682?–1748) of Dumfriesshire, about his romance with Annie Laurie (1682–1764). The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Sco ...

'' # ''My Jean'' # ''The Bonnie Lad That's Far Away'' # ''

Auld Lang Syne "Auld Lang Syne" (: note "s" rather than "z") is a popular song, particularly in the English-speaking world. Traditionally, it is sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. By extension, it is also often ...

References

1955 albums Jo Stafford albums Corinthian Records albums Albums arranged by Paul Weston Capitol Records albums Columbia Records albums Albums conducted by Paul Weston {{1950s-folk-album-stub