This is an historic Scottish myth based on belief that the elves had to pay a tithe of souls to hell, and naturally preferred to use humans rather than their own selves...old style ballad takes 15 minutes with several changes in melody, so not for everybody but is Halloween appropriate.



Def: bairne=newborn, snell=sharp

The Irish expats get in on Tam Lin too but they make it a fiddle tune and pick up the pace and call it the Legend of Tam Lin, it is also known as the Glasgow Reel.

Glasgow Reel

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Pleases me to hear banjo music on this site! I have 3 of them.... built 2.

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