There Grows a Bonnie Brier Bush

There Grows a Bonnie Brier Bush, originally The Bonnie Brier Bush,[1] is a traditional Scottish music folk song. It was included with expanded lyrics in Burns' Scots Musical Museum in 1797.[2] Ian Maclaren included part of the song lyrics in the preface to his bestselling collection of stories set in Scotland, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1894). A series of theatrical versions and the 1921 film The Bonnie Brier Bush followed.

The song notes the country kailyard (kale yard).

References

  1. ^ Rogers, Charles (July 7, 1855). The Modern Scottish Minstrel; Or, The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century: With Memoirs of the Poets, and Sketches and Specimens in English Verse of the Most Celebrated Modern Gaelic Bards. A. & C. Black. p. 215 – via Internet Archive. bonnie brier scottism musical museum.
  2. ^ Rogers, Charles (July 7, 1885). "The Scottish Minstrel: The Songs of Scotland Subsequent to Burns, with Memoirs of the Poets". W. P. Nimmo – via Google Books.


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