Many years ago, there was a lad named Jack who lived in a small cottage with his mother. I’m not sure how many years ago this happened, but as you […]
Auld Cruvie
Jock and His Mother
Once there was a young man called Jock who lived with his old mother. One day she said to him, “Jock, you are a lazy fellow, and it seems that […]
There’s a Wee Bit o’ Scot in Us All
words and music (c) 2013, Jeanne McDougall People come from many different lands We share one world, together hand in hand But if you see something special in the shining […]
The Free Soil of Scotland
A man’s still a man to me Arbroath made it right to be free The voices of freedom are calling to me Saying stand for the free soil of Scotland […]
The Legend of Corryvreckan
Long, long ago – when the Scotland was invaded by Viking forces, there was a young Norse warrior named Breakan who fell in love with a local beauty. When the […]
The Legend of Ticonderoga
In ancient times, Duncan Campbell, the laird of Inverawe, sat in his castle in the western isles of Scotland. One dark night, there was a loud pounding at the gate, […]
King of the Cats
Do you have a cat? If you do, you may be one of those people who insist that cats have a special place in the universe — and a world […]
Back From the Grave
Back From the GraveMargaret Halcro married, 1674, in her 27th year, the Rev. Henry Erskine, and died, 14th January 1725, in the house of her son, Rev. Ebenezer Erskine. She […]
Tam O-Shanter
By Marilyn McPhie Robert Burns, an icon of Scottish literature, who is celebrated annually on his late-January birthday, wrote a long narrative poem telling the old Scottish legend of Tam […]