Hielan’ Laddie

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Hielan’ Laddie is a traditional Scottish pipe tune widely known as a military march, particularly associated with Highland regiments.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hielan’ Laddie canonical 2
Hielan Laddie 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish folk song ⓘ
Scottish pipe tune ⓘ
military march ⓘ
traditional tune ⓘ
associatedWith Great Highland bagpipe ⓘ
Highland regiments ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
belongsToTradition British Army pipe music ⓘ
Scottish regimental traditions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
genre march ⓘ
military music ⓘ
pipe tune ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hielan Laddie ⓘ
linked to: Hielan’ Laddie

Highland Laddie ⓘ
hasCulturalRole Scottish patriotic tune ⓘ
military ceremonial music ⓘ
hasForm 2/4 march ⓘ
6/8 march ⓘ
hasLyricalVariant song with English lyrics ⓘ
song with Scots lyrics ⓘ
hasMelodicStructure simple, marchable melody suitable for massed pipes and drums ⓘ
hasNotableFeature often accompanied by marching drill ⓘ
strong dotted rhythm typical of Highland marches ⓘ
hasUnknown composer ⓘ
date of composition ⓘ
influenced other Scottish march settings ⓘ
isPartOf Scottish traditional music repertoire ⓘ
pipe band standard repertoire ⓘ
language Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
performanceContext Highland games ⓘ
ceremonial occasions ⓘ
folk music sessions ⓘ
military parades ⓘ
usedAs quick march ⓘ
regimental march ⓘ
usedBy Highland infantry regiments ⓘ
Scottish regiments of the British Army ⓘ
pipe bands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scots Guards → regimentalMarch → Hielan’ Laddie ⓘ
Hielan’ Laddie → hasAlternativeName → Hielan Laddie ⓘ
linked to: Hielan’ Laddie