On 9th August Scottish folk singer Isla St Clair sang a wide selection of folk songs to a Victory Hall audience, which joined-in with great gusto to the various choruses. This was Isla's second visit in 12 months. She sang many popular Scottish ballads, including MacCrimmon's Lament, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose and A Scottish Soldier, and encored with a rendering of 3 very complex mouth music songs for dancing. Particularly memorable were some songs of her childhood sung in her native Doric, the dialect and local lingo spoken in the North East of Scotland, especially around Aberdeen City and the County of Aberdeenshire. |
