Recordings & Info 233. Andrew Lammie
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
4) Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
5) Folk Index
6) Mainly Norfolk (lyrics and info)
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 98: Andrew Lammie (96 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Mill o Tifty's Annie
Traditional Ballad Index: Andrew Lammie [Child 233]
DESCRIPTION: Lord Fyvie's trumpeter Andrew Lammie, the fairest man in the county, and Tifty's Annie, are in love. When Annie's father hears of this, he complains to Fyvie; he wants his daughter to marry better. She is adamant; her brother kills her for her effrontery
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1806 (Jamieson)
KEYWORDS: love death family poverty
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber,Hebr)) Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES: (7 citations)
Child 233, "Andrew Lammie" (3 texts)
Bronson 233, "Andrew Lammie" (16 versions+3 in addenda)
GlenbuchatBallads, pp. 173-177, "Andrew Lammie" (1 text)
Greig #34, pp. 1-2, "Mill o' Tifties Annie"; Greig #16, p. 1, "Mill o' Tifty's Annie" (1 text plus 1 fragment)
GreigDuncan5 1018, "Tifty's Annie" (13 texts, 16 tunes)
Mackenzie 12, "Andrew Lammie" (1 text)
DT 233, MILTIFTY* MILTIFT2*
Roud #98
RECORDINGS:
Lucy Stewart, "Tifty's Annie" (on LStewart1)
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Pretty Betsey" [Laws M18] (plot)
cf. "Charlie Mackie" (lyrics, form, themes)
cf. "The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow" (tune, per GreigDuncan5)
cf. "The Death of Mill o' Tiftie's Annie" (plot)
cf. "Locks and Bolts" [Laws M13] (theme: girl locked away by father) and references there
ALTERNATE_TITLES:
Mill o Tifty's Annie
NOTES: Ord and Greig have a song, "Charlie Mackie," which looks like a by-blow of this song. The plot is different -- the wealthy girl's parents don't want her wed to Mackie, though he finds his way to her in the end. But not only is the scansion the same, but many of the lines of "Charlie Mackie" are obviously corrupt derivatives of those found in "Andrew Lammie."
There is, apparently, a certain amount of truth in this song: We know little with certainty of Agnes Smith (nicknamed Nannie, hence Annie), save that her grave gives her date of death as January 19, 1673 (or, in other authorities, 1631; the stone, according to Child, eventually became illegible). However, legend has it that she was courted by Andrew Lammie, Lord Fyvie's trumpeter. Fyvie, desiring the girl herself, had Lammie transported to the West Indies. He made it back, but by then she had died, and he himself died cursing Lord Fyvie.
Another legend, according to Peter Underwood's _Gazeteer of British, Irish, and Scottish Ghosts_, has it that Lammie's ghost still appears to trumpet the deaths of the Lords of Fyvie. Indeed, Underwood lists many ghosts found at Fyvie, perhaps related to a curse laid by Thomas the Rhymer. - RBW
Greig's text is in four fragments with Greig's comments. The fragments fit Duncan's complete text at GreigDuncan5 1018A.
The non-fragmentary versions in GreigDuncan5 (1018A, 1018B and 1018Q) are about as long as Child 233C and are close to that version.
I was not able to read broadside Bodleian, 2806 c.11(1), "Andrew Lammie" or "Mill of Tifty's Annie" ("At Mill of Tifty lived a man, in the neighbourhood of Fyvie"), Brander and Co. (Elgin), n.d. - BS
Child Ballad 233: Andrew Lammie
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
233 Asonance Krutý Bratr (Andrew Lammie) Alison Gross - Scottish and Irish Folk Songs and Ballads 2000 5:03 Yes
233 Bell Duncan Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Belle Stewart Mill O' Tifty's Annie Terry Yarnell Collection 1970-1973 1:43 Yes
233 Billy Ross Mill O' Tifty's Annie Shore Street 2000 4:12 Yes
233 Black Jimmie Mason Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Chris Miles Mill O Tiftie's Annie Old Songs & Bothy Ballads - There's Bound to Be a Row 2010 No
233 Craig Herbertson Andrew Lammie A Health to the Ladies 2008 5:56 Yes
233 Ellen Rettie Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Ewan MacColl Andrew Lammie Blood and Roses - Vol. 5 1986 7:59 Yes
233 Fling Mill O' Tifty's Annie + Annie's Wake The Blackbird 2001 No
233 Gordeanna McCulloch Mill O' Tifty's Annie Ballads 1997 7:06 Yes
233 Gordeanna McCulloch Mill O' Tifty's Annie Women Folk 2005 7:05 Yes
233 Hilary James & Simon Mayor Andrew Lammie Laughing with the Moon 2004 5:15 Yes
233 J.C. Cowie Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Jane Turriff Mill O' Tifty's Annie Singin Is Ma Life 1995 9:58 Yes
233 Jane Turriff + Sheila MacGregor Andrew Lammie Scottish Tradition 5: The Muckle Sangs - Classic Scottish Ballads 1992 9:25 Yes
233 Jean Campbell Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Jean Redpath Mill O' Tifty's Annie Song of the Seals 1978 6:24 Yes
233 Jeannie Higgins (Robertson) Andrew Lammie (1) BBC Recordings No
233 Jeannie Higgins (Robertson) Andrew Lammie (2) BBC Recordings No
233 Jeannie Robertson Andrew Lammie What a Voice 1975 No
233 Jeannie Robertson Bonnie Annie and Andrew Lammie The Queen Among the Heather 1998 13:24 Yes
233 Jock White Tifty’s Annie Scottish Tradition 24: Songs and Ballads from Perthshire 2011 No
233 John Cow Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Kate Lissauer Tiftie's Annie Ain't No Grave 1999 No
233 Kate Rusby Andrew Lammie Awkward Annie 2007 3:55 Yes
233 Kate Rusby Andrew Lammie (The Trumpeter of Fyvie) Live at the Merlin Theatre, Frome, UK, 29th January 1999 1999 4:41 Yes
233 Lucy Stewart Tifty's Annie Lucy Stewart: Traditional Singer from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Vol. 1 - Child Ballads 1961 4:37 Yes
233 Martin Simpson Andrew Lammie Prodigal Son 2007 9:21 Yes
233 Martin Simpson Andrew Lammie Prodigal Son - The Concert 2009 No
233 Mary Smith Andrew Lammie Mary and the Soldier - A Collection of Traditional Ballads 2001 5:47 Yes
233 Mrs Baird Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Mrs Goodall Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Mrs Rettie Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Old Blind Dogs Mill O' Tifty The World's Room 1999 6:59 Yes
233 Peter Christie Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Ray Fisher Mill O' Tifty's Annie The Bonny Birdy 1972 7:17 Yes
233 Richard Carlin Mill O' Tifty's Annie In Come a Bumblebee - Traditional Songs and Tunes on English Concertina 1977 2:59 Yes
233 Robert Taylor Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Robin Laing Andrew Lammie Edinburgh Skyline 1989 4:08 Yes
233 Rosaleen Gregory The Trumpeter of Fyvie Sheath and Knife [Rosaleen Gregory] 2012 No
233 Sheena Wellington Mill O' Tifty's Annie Strong Women 1995 7:12 Yes
233 Sheila MacGregor Andrew Lammy The Song Carriers - Part 3 1965 5:04 Yes
233 Sheila Stewart Mill O' Tiffy's Annie Back O' Benachie - Songs and Ballads from the Lowland East of Scotland 1968 No
233 Sheila Stewart The Mill O' Tifty's Annie From the Heart of the Tradition 2000 4:57 Yes
233 Singer from Fochabers Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Singer from Port Gordon Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Stanley Robertson Andrew Lammie Travellers' Tales Vol 1 - Songs, Stories & Ballads from Scottish Travellers 2005 No
233 Stephanie Hladowski Andrew Lambie The High, High Nest 2008 8:06 Yes
233 Susie Allan Mill O' Tifty's Annie Tipsy Courting 1998 No
233 The Boys of the Lough Andrew Lammie The Boys of the Lough 1973 4:55 Yes
233 Tramps & Hawkers Andrew Lammie Sailor's Alphabet 1995 4:49 Yes
233 Tuppence The Mill o' Tifty Give Me Your Hand 2009 No
233 Unknown Male Singer Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 William Ross Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 William Walker Andrew Lammie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
233 Willie Matheson + Jeannie Robertson The Trumpeter of Fyvie + Andrew Lammie The Green Wedding - The Classic Ballads 3 1976 No
Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America
by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
233. ANDREW LAMMIE
Texts: MacKenzie, Bids Sea Sgs N Sc y 60.
Local Titles: None given.
Story Typts: A: A fragmentary story of a girl whose father beats her, and whose mother and brother scorn and mistrust her. Her love died for her today; she will die for him tomorrow.
Examples : MacKenzie.
Discussion: This Nova Scotia fragment, which was received in two parts from two singers, is closest to the Child C text. The story, as told there, is of a rich miller's daughter who falls in love with a trumpeter in the service of Lord Fyvie. She wants to marry him, but finds the match scorned by her father. When the trumpeter has to go to Edinburgh for a time, the girl Annie,
knowing she will die before he returns, plans a tryst with him at a bridge. (In Scotland, lovers who part at a bridge shall never meet again.) He says he will buy her a wedding gown while away, and they are to marry on his return. But she bids him farewell forever. The trumpeter goes to the top of the castle and blows a blast that is heard in the girl's home. Her parents beat her, and her brother breaks her back. Lord Fyvie passes and tries to convince the miller to change his mind, but to no avail. The father insists on a better match. The girl is put to bed where she dies of a broken heart. The father laments, and Andrew, on his return, dies of grief. However, in the New World fragment we have an example of a cliche ("make my bed") overriding the story to the extent that the lover is said to have died before his true love.
Folk Index: Andrew Lammie [Ch 233]
Carlin, Richard. In Come a Bumblebee, Folkways FW 8846, LP (1977), trk# A.05 (Mill O' Tifty's Annie)
MacGregor, Sheila. Clayre, Alasdair (ed.) / 100 Folk Songs and New Songs, Wolfe, Sof (1968), p 78 (Trumpeter of Fyvie)
Redpath, Jean. Song of the Seals, Philo PH 1054, LP (1978), trk# A.03 (Mill O' Tifty's Annie)
Robertson, Jeannie. Queen Among the Heather, Rounder 1720, CD (1998), trk# 16 [1953/11] (Bonnie Annie and Andrew Lamie)
Stewart, Lucy. Traditional Singer from Aberdeen. Vol. 1 - Child Ballads, Greentrax CTrax 031, Cas (Gre5), trk# A.03 (Tifty's Annie)
Mainly Norfolk: Andrew Lammie / Mill o' Tifty's Annie
[Roud 98; Child 233; Ballad Index C233; trad.]
Sheila Stewart sang Mill o’ Tiffy’s Annie on the 1968 Topic LP Back o' Benachie: Songs and Ballads from the Lowland East of Scotland and 30 years later on her CD From the Heart of the Tradition.
Ray Fisher sang Mill o' Tifty's Annie in 1972 on her Trailer album The Bonny Birdy.
The Boys of the Lough sang Andrew Lammie in 1973 on their Trailer album The Boys of the Lough.
Gordeanna McCulloch sang Mill o' Tifty's Annie 1997 on the Fellside anthology Ballads. Paul Adams commented in the liner notes:
The heroine is reputed to be one Annie Smith who died in 1673 and was buried in Fyvie Churchyard. Certainly the song has the feel of a ballad of considerable age. It's tune is a close relation of other “classic ballads” (c.f. Dowie Dens of Yarrow, Georgie, Barbara Allen). Gordeanna's source for this song was the fine Scots traditional singer, Sheila Stewart.
Martin Simpson sang Andrew Lammie in 2007 on his Topic CD Prodigal Son. He commented in his sleeve notes:
Andrew Lammie or Mill o' Tifty's Annie is a very big ballad indeed. Seemingly based on the life of Agnes Smith, daughter of William Smith, a close relative to the Laird of Inveramsay. According to F.J. Child who numbers this ballad 233 in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Agnes' gravestone is dated January 19th 1673. Mill of Tiftie was a mill and house standing a mere half mile North East of the castle of Fyvie, so the Lord would have regularly ridden by the door. I first heard this sung by Ray Fisher and compiled these lyrics from various sources. Just in case we thought honour killing to be a shocking new event, here it is in our high society.
Lyrics
Ray Fisher sings Mill o' Tifty's Annie
At Mill o' Tifty lived a man
In the neighbourhood of Fyvie
And he had a lovely daughter fair
Was called Bonnie Annie
Lord Fyvie had a trumpeter
Whose name was Andrew Lammie
He had the art tae gain the heart
O' Mill o' Tifty's Annie
Lord Fyvie he rade by the door
Whaur lived Tifty's Annie
And his trumpeter rode him before
Even this same Andrew Lammie
Her mother called her to the door
Saying, “Come here tae me, my Annie
Did e'er ye see a bonnier lad
Than the trumpeter o' Fyvie?”
Nae thing she said, but sighing sore
Alas for Bonnie Annie
She durst not own her heart was won
By the trumpeter o' Fyvie
At nicht when all lay in their bed
A' sleeped soon but Annie
Love so oppressed her tender breast
Thinking on Andrew Lammie
“Oh love comes in at my bedside
And love lies doon beside me
Love so possessed my tender breast
And love will waste my body
“For the first time me and my love met
Twas in the woods o' Fyvie
Wi' kisses sweet he did me greet
And called me his Bonnie Annie
But the last time me and my love met
Says he, “My Bonnie Annie
It's I will gang to Edinburgh toon
But I'll soon win back to Fyvie”
But word is soon has gotten round
That the trumpeter o' Fyvie
Has had the urge to gain the heart
O' Mill o' Tifty's Annie
So Tifty's wrote a letter breet (?)
And sent it up to Fyvie
Tae say his daughter was bewitched
By his servant Andrew Lammie
So Fyvie rade straight tae the mill
Saying, “What ails ye, Bonnie Annie?”
“Oh it's a' for love that I maun dee
Aye, it's a' for Andrew Lammie”
“Oh Tifty, Tifty gie consent
And let your dochter marry
It will be tae ane o' higher degree
Than the trumpeter o' Fyvie
“Had she been born o' richer kin
As she is rich in beauty
I wud hae ta'en the lass mysel'
And made her my ain true lady”
“Oh, Fyvie's lands they're far and wide
An' they are wondrous bonny
But I wad nae leave my ain true love
No' for a' your lands o' Fyvie”
At this her faither struck her sore
As likewise did her mother
Her sisters a' they did her scorn
But wae be tae her brother
For her brither struck her wondrous sore
Wi' cruel strokes and mony
He broke her back gainst the high ha' door
All for loving Andrew Lammie
“Oh faither, mither, sisters a'
Why so cruel tae your Annie?
My heart was broken first by love
Noo my brither's broke my body
“Oh mither, mither mak' my bed
An' turn my face tae Fyvie
That I may lie and thus may die
For the trumpeter o' Fyvie”
Gordeanna McCulloch sings Mill o Tifty's Annie
At Mill O' Tifty lived a man
In the neighbourhood of Fyvie
He had a bonny dochter fair
And they ca'd her Bonnie Annie
Her bloom was like the springing flo'er
That greets the rosy morning
Her innocence and graceful mien
Her beauteous face adorning
Her hair was fair and her eyes were blue
And her cheeks were like the roses
Her countenance was fair to view
And they ca'd her Bonnie Annie
Lord Fyvie had a trumpeter
And his name was Andrew Lammie
And he had the art tae win the heart
O' Mill o' Tifty's Annie
Her mother cried her tae the door
Says, “Come here tae me, my Annie
Did e'er ye see a prettier man
Than the trumpeter o' Fyvie?”
Nae thing she said, but sighing sore
Twas alas for Bonnie Annie
For she durst not own that her heart was won
By the trumpeter o' Fyvie
Her faither cam' tae hear o' this
And a letter wrote tae Fyvie
Tae tell his dochter had been bewitched
By his servant Andrew Lammie
Her faither locked the door at nicht
Laid by the key sae canny
And when he heard that trumpet sound
He said, “Your coo is lowing, Annie”
O faither dear, pray forbear
Reproach not your Annie
I wud raither hear that cooing low
Than all your kye in Fyvie
And if ye strike me, I will cry
And gentlemen will hear me
Lord Fyvie he'll come riding by
And he'll come in and see me
But her faither struck her wondrous sore
And also did her mither
Her sisters also took their score
But wae be tae her brother
For her brother struck her wondrous sore
Wi' cruel strokes and mony
And he broke her back on the temple stane
Aye, the temple stane o' Fyvie
At that same time the Lord comes in
He sais, “What ails thee, Annie?”
“It's a' for love that I must die
For loving Andrew Lammie”
“Oh mother dear, mak' me my bed
An' lay my face tae Fyvie
It's there I'll lie till I will die
For loving Andrew Lammie”
Her mother then she made her bed
And turned her face to Fyvie
Her tender heart then soon did break
And she ne'er see'd Andrew Lammie
Now people here both far and near
Oh pity Tifty's Annie
Wha'd died for love of one pair lad
For bonny Andrew Lammie
Martin Simpson sings Andrew Lammie
At Mill o' Tifty there lived a man
In the neighbourhood of Fyvie
And he had a fine lovely daughter dear
Whose name was Bonnie Annie
Her bloom was like the springing flower
That hails the rosy morning
With innocence and grace likewise
Her lovely face adorning
Now Fyvie had a trumpeter
Whose name was Andrew Lammie
And he had the art for to gain the heart
Of Mill o' Tifty's Annie
Proper he was, both young and gay
His like was not in Fyvie
Nor was one there that could compare
With this same Andrew Lammie
Lord Fyvie he rode by the door
Where lived this Tifty's Annie
And his trumpeter rode him before
Even this same Andrew Lammie
Her mother called her to the door
Saying, “Come here to me, my Annie
Did you ever see a prettier man
Than the trumpeter o' Fyvie?”
Nothing she said, but sighing sore
Alas for Bonnie Annie
For she dared not own that her heart was won
By the trumpeter o' Fyvie
At night when all went to their bed
All slept full soon but Annie
Love so oppressed her tender breast
Thinking on Andrew Lammie
“Oh love comes in at my bedside
And love lies down beside me
Love has possessed my tender breast
And love will waste my body
“The first time me and my love met
Twas in the woods o' Fyvie
And his lovely form and his speech so soft
Soon won the heart of Annie”
He called me “Mistress”, I said “No
I'm Tifty's Bonnie Annie”
And with apples sweet he did me treat
And kisses soft and many
But now alas her father heard
That the trumpeter o' Fyvie
Had had the urge to gain the heart
O' Mill o' Tifty's Annie
And her father soon a letter wrote
And he sent it on to Fyvie
To say his daughter was bewitched
By the servant Andrew Lammie
Then up the stairs his trumpeter
He called full soon and shortly
“Pray tell me now what is this you've done
To Mill o' Tifty's Annie?”
In wicked art I had no part
Nor therein am I canny
It was love alone the heart has won
Of Tifty's Bonnie Annie
Woe be to Mill o' Tifty's bride
For it has ruined many
They'll not have it said that she should wed
To the trumpeter o' Fyvie
“Oh Tifty, Tifty give consent
And let your daughter marry
It would be to one of a higher degree
Than the servant Andrew Lammie
“Had she been born as rich in kin
As she is rich in beauty
I would have taken the lass myself
And made her queen of Fyvie”
“Oh, Fyvie's lands are far and wide
And they are wondrous bonny
But I would not trade my own dear love
For all your lands of Fyvie”
At this her father did her scorn
And likewise did her mother
And her sisters too did her disown
But woe be to her brother
For her brother struck her wondrous sore
With cruel blows and many
And he broke her back on the temple stone
All for liking Andrew Lammie
“Oh mother, father, sisters dear
Why so cruel to your Annie?
My heart was broken first by love
Now my brother's broke my body
“Oh mother, mother oh make my bed
And turn my face to Fyvie
And it's there I'll lie and there I'll die
For the servant Andrew Lammie”
At Mill o' Tifty there lived a man
In the neighbourhood of Fyvie
And he had a fine lovely daughter dear
Whose name was Bonnie Annie
Digital Tradition version of Mill O' Tifty's Annie, apparently as sung by Jean Redpath
At Mill O' Tifty there lived a man
In the neighbourhood of Fyvie
He had a bonnie dochter dear
Whose name was Bonnie Annie
Lord Fyvie had a trumpeter
By the name o' Andrew Lammie
He had the art tae win the heart
O' Mill o' Tifty's Annie
Lord Fyvie he rade by the mill
Whaur lived Tifty's Annie
And his trumpeter rade him before
Even this same Andrew Lammie
Her mother cried her tae the door
Saying, “Come here tae me, my Annie
Did e'er ye see a bonnier man
Than the trumpeter o' Fyvie?”
Nothing she said, but sighing sore
Alas for Bonnie Annie
Love so oppressed her tender breast
Thinking on Andrew Lammie
“Love comes in at my bedside
And love lies doon aside me
Love so oppresses my tender breast
And love will waste my body
“The first time me and my love met
“Twas in the woods o' Fyvie
He ca'd me 'Mistress', I said 'No
I was Tifty's Bonnie Annie'
“It's up and doon in Tifty's den
Where the burn runs clear and bonnie
I've often gane tae meet my love
My bonnie Andrew Lammie”
Her faither cam' tae hear o' this
And a letter wrote tae Fyvie
Tae say his dochter was bewitched
By his servant Andrew Lammie
Lord Fyvie he rade by the mill
“What ails ye, Bonnie Annie?”
“It's a' for love that I maun die
For bonnie Andrew Lammie”
“Oh Tifty, Tifty gie consent
And let your dochter marry
It'll be tae ane o' higher degree
Than the trumpeter o' Fyvie
“Had she been born o' richer kin
As she is rich in beauty
I was hae ta'en the lass mysel'
And made her my ain lady”
“Oh, Fyvie's lands are far and wide
An' they are wondrous bonnie
But I wadnae gie my ain true love
No' for a' your lands o' Fyvie”
At this her faither struck her sore
And likewise did her mother
Her sisters a' they did her scorn
But waes me for her brother
Her brother struck her wondrous sore
Wi' cruel strokes and many
He broke her back on the high ha' door
A' the likin' Andrew Lammie
“Oh faither, mother, sisters a'
Why sae cruel tae your Annie?
My heart was broken first by love
Noo my brother's broke my body
“Oh mother, mother mak' my bed
An' lay my face tae Fyvie
Thus will I lie and will I die
For my ain dear Andrew Lammie”
Links
Mill o' Tifty's Annie lyrics at the Mudcat Café
Mill o' Tifty's Annie lyrics at the Scots Independent
Andrew Lammie lyrics and comments at Henry's Songbook
Andrew Lammie lyrics at Folkinfo.org
Andrew Lammie notes at California State University Fresno's ballad index
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Garry Gillard for transcribing the lyrics and collecting all the information