"Kate Dalrymple" is a traditional Scottish reel. The melody was originally published as "The New Highland Laddie" in 1750.[1] It was recorded by Jimmy Shand in 1955.[2] There are accompanying words in Scots, written by William Watt.[3] It tells the tale of the eponymous spinster.

The National Portrait Gallery in London has a painting of the real Kate Dalrymple, a society beauty in her youth.

It is used by the BBC as the theme music for the BBC Radio Scotland dance music programme Take the Floor.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Kate Dalrymple reel". The Session. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jimmy Shand – Schottische". Internet archive. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ↑ MacMahon, Desmond (1939) Nelson's New National and Folk Song Book; pt. II. London: Thomas Nelson; pp. 92-93
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