Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1919 — Famous Old Scottish Song. [ARTICLE]

Famous Old Scottish Song.

“The Blue Bells of Scotland’” Is not only popular In the land of the thistle, of which It sings, but if has an international appeal. It was written by Miss Annie Me Vicar, a young Scottish woman, who spent considerable of her early life in America. The occasion which prompted the Words of this song was the de- ! parture of the Marquis of Huntley for the continent with his regiment in 1799. The music to which Miss McVici ar*s poem has been set is several hundred years old, and it was rescued from oblivion by Mr. Fitzgerald, to whom the world owes a great debt of gratitude for his untiring work in this direction. _ ~ ;;;