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THE" SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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ROW WEEL, MY BOATIE, ROW WEEL.
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" Kow weel, my Boatie, kow weel." This song was first published under the name of " Ellen Boideachd,"
(Beautiful Ellen,) by John M'Fadyen, Musicseller, 15, Wilson Street, Glasgow. The words were written by Walter
Weir, house-painter, an intelligent man and a learned Gaelic scholar. The subject of the words is taken from an
old Gaelic story which the author got from his mother. The air was composed by R. A. Smith.
The title of this song reminds us of " weel may the boatie row," No. 425 in Johnson's Museum. In the former
editions of "The Songs of Scotland," by Messrs. Wood, there was not room for a Note on the air to that song.
We may now mention a fact not adverted to by Mr. Stenhouse in his Notes, viz. : that the German violoncellist and
composer J. G. C. Schetky, about sixty years ago, published "The Keel Row" as a German air with variations.
This was published on three pages of a sheet, by N. and M. Stewart, Parliament Square, and No. 40, South Bridge,
Edinburgh. We subjoin the air as given by Schetky. It differs entirely in the second strain from Johnson's air.
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We have been assured that the air " Caller herrin'," published in Gow's Collection, was composed by a German, the
band-master of a regiment in Edinburgh Castle, upwards of fifty years ago. The air— an Italian one — to the song
'• Home ! sweet home !" published as English, is another instance of false claims to airs that are popular.