Musical Note
Musical Note

Yont the Tay
by Jim Reid

Jim Reid is without a doubt an outstanding singer and songwriter, and as a lover of the work of poet Violet Jacob, has set many of her poems to music, including the hugely successful Wild Geese (or Norland Wind), which has now become one of the classic folk songs of the twentieth century.

Jim was a founder member of the legendary Foundry Bar Band, after an apprenticeship in various Scottish groups including The Taysiders. His interest in the travelling folk is well known and he had a very special relationship with the late Belle and Alex Stewart of Blairgowrie. If you click the entry with the musical notes you can hear a full song.

  1. Daft Donul - 2:08
  2. Up The Noran Water - 2:31
  3. Mormon Braes - 2:40
  4. The Sodger’s Cairn - 4:55
  5. Tommy Curtiss - 2:37
  6. Harlaw - 2:27
  7. The Tinkler’s Weddin - 2:05
  8. Cairn O Mount- 6:05
  9. The Freedom Come All Ye - 3:52
  10. Bonnie Joann - 3:56
  11. The Band O Shearers - 2:51
  12. Baron O Brackley - 3:49
  13. Sleepytoun - 3:16
  14. Bonnie Moorhen - 2:49
  15. Musical NoteThe Wild Geese (the Norland Wind)Musical Note- 3:31

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