SCOTTISH AND GAELIC WALTZES
Titles for Scottish and Gaelic waltzes (and a little bit of Irish) are listed alphabetically in this section of the Sheet Music Catalogue with links to audio samples and to the sheet music store where items can be viewed and purchased.
From among the folk songs and ballads of Scotland, there are many in triple time and also 6/8 time that have been appropriated to accompany the waltz.
The term ‘waltz’ derives from the old German word walzen to roll, turn, or to glide. As a dance type, it was born in the suburbs of Vienna and in the alpine region of Austria. As early as the seventeenth century, waltzes were played in the ballrooms of the Hapsburg court. By the end of the eighteenth century, this old Austrian peasant dance had been accepted by high society throughout the continent, but was much slower to arrive here, only becoming fashionable during the Regency period. Initially, polite society was shocked by close proximity of the embracing dancers.
Today, a ‘waltz’ is both the dance type and the accompanying dance tune type, characterised by a step, slide, and step movement to music in 3/4 time with a strong accent on the first beat. Numerous variations of waltz have developed over the years, including many folk and several ballroom dances.
ref. 231 audio sample store Ae Fond Kiss
ref. 203 audio sample store A' Fàgail Barraigh (Leaving Barra)
ref. 505 audio sample store Aileen
ref. 204 audio sample store Air Fail A Lail O
ref. 482 audio sample store Agnes Waltz
ref. 104 audio sample store An Ataireachd Àrd (The Surge Of the Sea)
ref. 137 audio sample store An Eala Bhàn (The White Swan)
ref. 129 audio sample store An Gille Dubh Ciar Dubh (My Dark-Haired Lad)
ref. 192 audio sample store Annie Laurie
ref. 202 audio sample store An Tèid Thu Leam Air Bhàrr Nan Tonnan (Will You Come With Me Across The Sea)
ref. 161 audio sample store An t-Eilean Muileach (The Isle Of Mull)
ref. 153 audio sample store An t-Seann Dachaigh (The Old Home)
ref. 152 audio sample store A Rìbhin Òg Bheil Cuimhn' Agad (Fair Maiden, Do You Remember)
ref. 168 audio sample store A Rosebud By My Early Walk
ref. 238 audio sample store Auld Hoose, The
ref. 187 audio sample store Auld Scots Sangs, The
ref. 170 audio sample store Banks O' The Dee, The
ref. 111audio sample store Beloved Gregor - see Griogal Cridhe
ref. 157audio sample store Bheir Mi O - see Eriskay Love Lilt
ref. 105udio sample store Birlinn Ghoraidh Chrobhain - see Crovan's Galley
ref. 241 audio sample store Bluebells Of Scotland, The
ref. 102 audio sample store Boatman, The (Fear a' Bhàta)
ref. 224 audio sample store Bonnie Galloway
ref. 142udio sample store Bonnie Jean - see Sìne Bhàn
ref. 291 audio sample store Bonnie Strathyre
ref. 208 audio sample store Bonnie Wells O' Wearie, The
ref. 119 store Brown-Haired Lass From Brunel - see Gruagach Dhonn Bhrunail
ref. 108 audio sample store Cailin Mo Rùin-Sa (Dearest My Own One)
ref. 411 audio sample store Cailin 'n Fhuilt Bhàin (The Fair-Haired Girl)
ref. 189 Calum Sgaire's Song - see Òran Chaluim Sgàire
ref. 160 Caol Muile - see Iona Boat Song, The
ref. 410 audio sample store Càrlabhagh (Carloway)
ref. 193 audio sample store Ca' The Yewes
ref. 255 Cha Till Mor Mo Bhean - see Farewell To Lochaber
ref. 211 Chì Mi Na Mòrbheanna - see Mist-Covered Mountains Of Home, The
ref. 248 audio sample store Cliabh Dineag (Dineag's Creel)
ref. 398 audio sample store Come By The Hills
ref. 150 audio sample store Come O'er The Stream Charlie
ref. 240 audio sample store Comin' Thro' The Rye
ref. 105 audio sample store Crovan's Galley (Birlinn Ghoraidh Chrobhain)
ref. 215 audio sample store Cuckoo, The
ref. 294 audio sample store Dancing in Kyle, The
ref. 177 audio sample store Dark Lochnagar
ref. 108 Dearest My Own One - see Cailin Mo Rùin-Sa
ref. 248 Dineag's Creel - see Cliabh Dineag
ref. 194 audio sample store Dream Angus
ref. 190 Eagle With The Yellow-Green Eyes, The - see Iolaire Sùil Na Grèine
ref. 144 Eilean Fraoich - see Heather Island
ref. 157 audio sample store Eriskay Love Lilt (Bheir Mi O)
ref. 145 Fàgail Lios Mhòr - see Leaving Lismore
ref. 125 Fàghail Steòrnabhagh - see Leaving Stornoway
ref. 154 Fail O Ro, How We Departed - see Fail Ò Rò Mar Dh'fhàg Sinn
ref. 154 audio sample store Fail Ò Rò Mar Dh'fhàg Sinn (Fail O Ro, How We Departed)
ref. 409 audio sample store Fàilte do dh' Eilean Leódhais (Welcome to the Isle of Lewis)
ref. 126 Fàilte Rubha Bhaternis - see Rhu Vaternish
ref. 152 Fair Maiden, Do You Remember - see A Rìbhin Òg Bheil Cuimhn' Agad
ref. 172 Fairy Lullaby - see An Còinneachan
ref. 220 audio sample store Far An Robh Mi'n Raoir (Where I Was Last Night)
ref. 212 audio sample store Farewell To Fiunary (Slàn Le Fionnairaigh)
ref. 181 audio sample store Farewell To Skye (Soraidh Leis An Àit')
ref. 252 audio sample store Farewell To Tarwathie
ref. 102 Fear a' Bhàta - see Boatman, The
ref. 512 audio sample store Flora MacDonald's Lament
ref. 253 audio sample store Flow Gently Sweet Afton
ref. 120 audio sample store Fo Ghruaimean Cha Bhi Mi'n Diuch (I Won't Be Sad Today)
ref. 116 audio sample store Fower Maries, The
ref. 216 audio sample store Galley Of Lorne, The
ref. 246 audio sample store Geallach Abuchaidh An Eòrna (The Moon That Ripens The Wheat)
ref. 249 audio sample store Gradh Na H-Òige (The Young Lad)
ref. 119 audio sample store Gruagach Dhonn Bhrunail (The Brown-Haired Lass From Brunel)
ref. 209 audio sample store Haste Ye Back
ref. 144 audio sample store Heather Island (Eilean Fraoich)
ref. 136 audio sample store Heilan' Air
ref. 391 audio sample store HLI (Highland Light Infantry)
ref. 140 audio sample store Hug Òreann ò rò Gur Toigh Leam Fhìn Thù (Hug Oreann o ro You are Dear To Me)
ref. 195 audio sample store Huntingtower
ref. 122 If Time Would Permit Me - see Nan Ceadaicheadh An Tide Dhomh
ref. 201 I Gave My Love To The Fair One - see Thug Mi Gaol Do'n Fhear Bhàn
ref. 160 audio sample store Iona Boat Song, The (Caol Muile)
ref. 292 audio sample store Isle Of Coll, The (Eilean Cholla)
ref. 161 Isle Of Mull, The - see An t-Eilean Muileach
ref. 120 I Won't Be Sad Today - see Fo Ghruaimean Cha Bhi Mi'n Diuch
ref. 483 audio sample store Jacqueline Waltz
ref. 147 audio sample store Jessie, The Flower O' Dunblane
ref. 225 audio sample store Jock O' Hazeldean
ref. 115 audio sample store Kirkconnel Lea
ref. 103 audio sample store Kishmul's Galley
ref. 184 audio sample store Laird O' Cockpen, The
ref. 219 Lament For Red Iain - see Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh
ref. 399 audio sample store Lassie Wi' The Yellow Coatie
ref. 223 audio sample store Lass O' Lowrie, The
ref. 203 Leaving Barra - see A' Fàgail Barraigh
ref. 145 audio sample store Leaving Lismore (Fàgail Lios Mhòr)
ref. 125 audio sample store Leaving Stornoway (Fàghail Steòrnabhagh)
ref. 112 audio sample store Leis An Lurgainn (With The Lurgainn)
ref. 247 Let's Go To Scalpay - see Tiugainn Do Scalpay
ref. 143 audio sample store Loch Leven (Mo Ghleannan Taobh Loch Lìobhainn)
ref. 239 audio sample store Loch Lomond
ref. 179 audio sample store Loch Rannoch
ref. 124 audio sample store Loch Tay Boat Song, The
ref. 186 audio sample store Logie O' Buchan
ref. 475 audio sample store Lovely Stornoway
ref. 256 Maighdeanan na h-Airidh - see Sheiling Maids
ref. 173 audio sample store Màiri Bhàn Òg (Mary, Young And Fair)
ref. 206 audio sample store Mary Of Argyll
ref. 173 Mary, Young And Fair - see Màiri Bhàn Òg
ref. 217 audio sample store Massacre Of Glencoe, The (Mort Ghlinne-Comhainn)
ref. 213 audio sample store Mingulay Boat Song
ref. 211 audio sample store Mist-Covered Mountains Of Home, The (Chì Mi Na Mòrbheanna)
ref. 199 audio sample store Mo Chailin Dìleas Donn (My Faithful, Brown-Haired Lass)
ref. 135 audio sample store Mo Dhachaigh (My Home)
ref. 230 audio sample store Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Darling)
ref. 143 Mo Ghleannan Taobh Loch Lìobhainn - see Loch Leven
ref. 121 audio sample store Mo Nighean Donn Nam Meall-Shùilean (My Brown-Haired Lass With The Beguiling
Eyes)
ref. 246 Moon That Ripens The Wheat, The - see Geallach Abuchaidh An Eòrna
ref. 180 Mòrag a Dùnbheagain - see Morag Of Dunvegan
ref. 180 audio sample store Morag Of Dunvegan (Mòrag a Dùnbheagain)
ref. 217 Mort Ghlinne-Comhainn - see Massacre Of Glencoe, The
ref. 109 Muile Nam Fuar-bheann Mòr - see Mull Of The Cool High Bens
ref. 159 audio sample store Muile Nam Mòr-Bheann (Mull Of The High Mountains)
ref. 109 audio sample store Mull Of The Cool High Bens (Muile nam Fuar-bheann Mòr)
ref. 159 Mull Of The High Mountains - see Muile Nam Mòr-Bheann
ref. 408 My Beautiful Shawbost - see 'S e Siabost is Bòidhche Leam
ref. 121 My Brown-Haired Lass With The Beguiling Eyes - see Mo Nighean Donn Nam Meall-
Shùilean
ref. 129 My Dark-Haired Lad - see An Gille Dubh Ciar Dubh
ref. 251 audio sample store My Dear And Only Love
ref. 198 audio sample store My Fair One
ref. 128 My Fair Young Love - see Mo Rùn Geal Òg
ref. 199 My Faithful, Brown-Haired Lass - see Mo Chailin Dìleas Donn
ref. 230 My Gallant Darling - see Mo Ghile Mear
ref. 135 My Home - see Mo Dhachaigh
ref. 131 audio sample store My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose
ref. 139 My Love Is On The High Seas - see The Mo Gaol Air Àird A' Chuain
ref. 232 audio sample store My Nannie's Awa'
ref. 164 audio sample store Nameless Lassie, The
ref. 122 audio sample store Nan Ceadaicheadh An Tide Dhomh (If Time Would Permit Me)
ref. 169 audio sample store O'er The Water To Charlie
ref. 163 audio sample store O' Gin I Were A Baron's Heir
ref. 153 Old Home, The - see An t-Seann Dachaigh
ref. 221 audio sample store Òran Na Maighdinn-mhara (Song Of The Mermaid)
ref. 236 audio sample store Piper's Weird, The
ref. 185 audio sample store Queen Mary, Queen Mary
ref. 113 Remembering Waternish - see Coill’ an Fhàsaich
ref. 126 audio sample store Rhu Vaternish (Fàilte Rubha Bhaternis)
ref. 434 audio sample store Robert Muir's Farewell
ref. 485 audio sample store Rose Of Allendale, The
ref. 207 audio sample store Rothesay Bay
ref. 133 audio sample store Rowan Tree, The
ref. 256 audio sample store Sheiling Maids (Maighdeanan na h-Airidh)
ref. 142 audio sample store Sìne Bhàn (Bonnie Jean)
ref. 182 audio sample store Skye Boat Song, The
ref. 212 Slàn Le Fionnairaigh - see Farewell To Fiunary
ref. 221 Song Of The Mermaid - see Òran Na Maighdinn-mhara
ref. 181 Soraidh Leis An Àit' - see Farewell To Skye
ref. 117 audio sample store Sound The Pibroch
ref. 107 audio sample store South Uist Whaling Song (‘S Truagh Nach do Dh’fhuirich mi Tioram air Tir)
ref. 408 audio sample store 'S e Siabost is Bòidhche Leam (My Beautiful Shawbost)
ref. 107 'S Truagh Nach do Dh’fhuirich mi Tioram air Tir - see South Uist Whaling Song
ref. 104 Surge Of The Sea, The - see An Ataireachd Àrd
ref. 293 audio sample store Teann A-Nall
ref. 165 audio sample store There Grows A Bonnie Briar Bush
ref. 201 audio sample store Thug Mi Gaol Do'n Fhear Bhàn (I Gave My Love To The Fair One)
ref. 247 audio sample store Tiugainn Do Scalpaigh (Let's Go To Scalpay)
ref. 496 audio sample store Wandering Willie
ref. 176 audio sample store Waters Of Kylesku, The
ref. 175 audio sample store Westering Home
ref. 220 Where I Was Last Night - see Far An Robh Mi'n Raoir
ref. 137 White Swan, The - see An Eala Bhàn
ref. 132 audio sample store Wild Mountain Thyme
ref. 234 audio sample store Wild Rose Of The Mountain, The
ref. 149 audio sample store Will Ye Gang Tae Kelvin Grove
ref. 166 audio sample store Will Ye No Come Back Again
ref. 202 Will You Come With Me Across The Sea - see An Tèid Thu Leam Air Bhàrr Nan Tonnan
ref. 112 With The Lurgainn - see Leis An Lurgainn
ref. 148 audio sample store Ye Banks And Braes
ref. 249 Young Lad, The - see Gradh Na H-Òige
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