Filk song: "The Highlands of Scotland" (Flight of the Heron)

[luzula]

So on Thursday garonne sent me the Steeleye Span version of 'The Lowlands of Holland', and then on Friday I couldn't concentrate on work and instead spent my day rewriting the lyrics from Keith's POV, when Ewen is about to be taken away to Carlisle.

Then yesterday I made harmonies for it and recorded, and here you go! I sing both harmony and melody, since in these days of social isolation I can't meet up with anyone to sing, or give me guitar accompaniment...

I'd only heard the more common version of the ballad that starts with 'On the day that I was married...' before, which would've never inspired me to this, so I'm glad garonne sent me the other version. Check out the original lyrics here (at the bottom). Thanks to garonne and regshoe for beta-reading/listening!

The Highlands of Scotland (365 words) by Luzula
Fandom: Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham
Additional Tags: Filk, Folk Music, Grief/Mourning, Romance
Summary: A rewritten version of the folk ballad The Lowlands of Holland, written from Keith's point of view when Ewen is about to be taken away to Carlisle.

Comments

I love that tune!

[jesse_the_k]

Excellent balladry -- definitely brings the grim and murder!

Re: I love that tune!

[luzula]

Thank you! I didn't make up the tune, though, just (most of) the words, and the harmony. : ) But yes, I do like the tune a lot.