Annotation:Pride of the Broomlands (The)
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PRIDE OF THE BROOMLANDS. Scottish. The tune resembles "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)." Poet Robert Chalmers (1779-1843) wrote a song called "Sing On" for which "Pride of the Broomlands" is the indicated air.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Smith (Scottish Minstrel, vol. 4), p. 12 ("Sing On, Thou Little Bird").
Recorded sources: