Originally Posted by
Bren
parts are usually played ABAC or ABABC in Scotland, with A part in key of G, B part in D and C part in C.
The Jimmy Shand recording was a worldwide hit and his version is the most influential.
I've also heard claims that it's an Irish tune, although it sounds middle European to me.
I think We Banjo 3 play it in D.
The association of bluebells with Scottish folk music goes back at least to 1803 when this song was published:
O where and O where does your highland laddie dwell;
O where and O where does your highland laddie dwell;
He dwells in merry Scotland where the bluebells sweetly smell,
And all in my heart I love my laddie well'[
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