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- Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” (based on Sir Walter’s Scott’s “The bride of Lammermuir”)
- Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” (Mary Stuart of course mentions Scotland at some point of the opera)
- Federico Ricci’s “La prigione di Edimburgo” (“The prison of Edinburgh” — that’s based on Scott’s “The Heart of Midlothian”)
]]>“In Kirkintilloch there are no pubs,
And I’m sure you wonder why,
My Brother and me, we went on a spree,
And we drank the pubs all dry, all dry,
We drank the pubs all dry.”
“I’d never been to Ayrshire
I hitched down one saturday
sixty miles to Kilmarnock
to see Hibernian play…”
and then
“When I started walking at Wishaw
my eyes obscured my vision…”
Cry Baby Cry – The Beatles
The Duchess of Kirkcaldy always smiling and arriving late for tea.
I’ve ever had – Dougie MacLean
These streets have too many names for me
I’m used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy
Paolo Nutini
Niddrie Street Tape Loop Experiment by Chris Connelly
Loch Leven by Arab Strap
The Paisley Window Pane by Wendy & Bonny
Argyle by The Bouncing Souls
St. Andrews by Bedouin Soundclash