Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.
This tune has been added to 40 tunebooks.
Also known as Am Faighir Muileach, Far Am Bi Na Faireachan, The Four Provinces Highland Fling, The Lad Wi The Plaidie, The Lad Wi' The Plaidie, Laddie Wi' The Plaidie, The Laddie Wi' The Plaidie, The Laddie With The Pladdie, Laddie With The Plaidie, The Laddie With The Plaidie, Roes Amang The Heather, The Roes Amang The Heather, Rose Amang The Heather, Rose Among The Heather, The Rose Among The Heather, Rose Amongst The Heather, The Rose Amongst The Heather.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Rose Amang The Heather, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Dmaj
|:f>gf>e d>ed>B|A>FA>d c<e e2|f>gf>e d>ed>B|c>de>a f<d d2:|
|:D2 (3FED F<A A>d|B>AB>d c<e e2|D2 (3FED F<A A>d|c>de>a f<d d2:|
f2 (3agf e2 (3gfe|d2 (3fed c2 (3edc|B2(3dcB A>df>a|g>fed c<a a2|
(3fef (3agf (3ede (3gfe|(3dcd (3fed (3cBc (3edc|(3BAB (3dcB A>df>a|g>fe>a f<d d2||
Lad wi' the plaidie.
I know this tune as "The Lad with the Plaidie". There is another tune "Rose among the heather"-also a strathspey which I've played in the same set.
# Posted on May 11th 2004 by Johnny Jay
There's more......
Buddy McMaster has a great version of this with 5 parts.
# Posted on May 11th 2004 by Kenny
The Rose "among" the Heather
It's on a great recording "Birlin' Fiddlers" by Jennifer Wrigley, Alan Henderson, Julian Legge, and Sandy Wright. Jocklet, it should be "among," not "amang."
# Posted on May 11th 2004 by slainte
Amang & among
Yamadasan, "amang" and "among" mean exactly the same thing, but "amang" is the Scottish dialect spelling.
# Posted on May 11th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Is it called Da Rose aman' da Hedar in Shetland?
# Posted on May 11th 2004 by slainte
The Rose Amang The Heather
I transcribed this from a Ceolbeag album,and on the sleeve it says "Amang",which is,as Dow pointed out,Lallands for "among".
# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd
Alternative tune
As I say, this tune is well known as "The Lad wi' the Plaidie" but I do know that it is also known as "The Rose Among/Amang the heather" and I've heard recordings with the that title too. I don't know what the original title was, though.
There is another tune called "Rose Among the heather" as I mentioned which I had to learn for the same set. This is the ABC here.
X:1
T: The Rose Among the Heather
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
K:Dmaj
|:(F/A>) A>F/ (G/B>) B>G/|(F/A>) D>F/ E3 G|(F/A>) A>F/ (G>B/) (d>B/)|1 (A/F> G>E/ D2 D2:|2 (A/F> G>E/ D2 D A|
|:(d>e/) (d>B/) (A/f>) d>B/|(A/F>) d>f/ e3 d|1 (f>g/) (f>e/) (d/B>) d>B/|(A/d>) e>c/ d2 d A:|2 (f>e/) (d>B/) (A/F>) d>B/|(A/F>) G>E/ D2 D2||
# Posted on May 11th 2004 by Johnny Jay
Rose amang the heather
There is also a Scottish 6/8 tune called The Rose among the Heather. I thinks its a jig but its so long since I've played it that it might be a quickstep or even a pipe march . I didn't appreciate the difference first time round.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North
# Posted on May 18th 2004 by noelbats
"The Four Provinces Highland Fling" ~ by any other name
Submitted on April 26th 2003 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1616
slainte beat me to the association. I'm just a bit slow lately on the uptake...
# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ceolachan
"Rose
The 'highland fling' version of the tune linked to above is this minus the third part, C-part, though in some cases parts of the third part can be picked up as a second ending for the B-part, such as the last two or four measures. Here is an example, using the original notation given here:
# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ceolachan
Amang the Heather"
Damn! ~ something odd is happening with my keyboard... There, that has been cured. This has happened a few times while I was entering information, also affecting cut-and-paste in odd ways. Now to see if I can get this to work ~
R: strathspey / highland fling
K: D Major
|: f>gf>e d>ed>B | A>FA<d c<e e2 |
f>gf>e d>ed>B | c<de>a f<d d2 :|
D2 (3FED F<AA>d | B>AB>d c<e e2 |
(3DDD F>D F<A (3AAA | c<de>a f<d d2 |
(3fdf a>f e2 (3gfe | (3dcd f>d c>d (3edc |
B>c (3dcB A<df>a | g>fe<a f<d d2 ||
# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ceolachan
R: strathspey / highland fling
K: D Major
|: f2 f>e d2 d>B | A>FA<d c<e e2 |
f3 e d3 B | c<de>a f<d d2 :|
|: D2 (3FED F2 A>d | B2 (3Bcd c<e e2 |
1 (3DDD F>D F>A (3AAd | c<de>a f<d d2 :|
2 B2 (3dcB A<d (3fga | g>fe>a f<d d2 ||
# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Rose ~ " ~ In TRIPLICATE
Am Faighir Muileach ( transcribed ABAC )
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on April 13th 2005 by George Seto.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4402
# Posted on November 4th 2006 by ceolachan
"Laddie With The Pladdie" ~ rescued duplication
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on December 18th 2007 by breqwas.
~ /tunes/display/8051
X: 5
T: Laddie With The Pladdie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: D Major
|: d>e |\
f>gf>e d>ed>B | A>FA>d c<e e2 |
f>gf>e d>ed>c |[1 c>de>a f<d :|[2 c>de>a f<d d2 ||
A2 (3FED F<AA>d | B>AB>d c<e e2 |
A2 (3FED F<AA>d | c>de>a f<d d2 :|
f2 (3agf e2 (3gfe | d2 (3fed c2 (3edc |
B2 (3dcB A>df>a |[1 g>fe>d c<a a2 :|[2 g>fe>a f<d |]
It's not a reel, it's a schottishe ~ and I have no idea how the 3rd part should sound. AbcNavigator plays that in some weird way.
# Posted on December 18th 2007 by breqwas
# Posted on December 18th 2007 by ceolachan
Roes rather than Rose, apparently!
I was intrigued to learn, when asking to be reminded of the name of this particular tune, from a fairly authoritative and knowledgeable source, that it should be:
"Roes" rather than "Rose", among/amang the heather.
So a species of deer rather than a flower is inferred apparently.
Indeed the former, roe deer, are far more likely to be spotted among the heather than the latter (Roe is also a term used to describe the part of a fish's anatomy which contains the eggs and shares the same spelling as the ).
Although it may seem trivial, I think it's a worthy point worth sharing. Hope you agree : )
# Posted on March 18th 2011 by Solidmahog
Musing a little and thinking about ceolachan's points above; that this tune can and is used for a schottishe, a scots country dance, danced with a partner (requiring some deft foot work) and a fling, with a little rearranging of the parts, which is a dance performed solo.
In the latter style of dancing the foot work of the dancer is meant at times to emulate that of a deer, sure footedness and when the arms are raised together, the raised arms mimic the antlers of the stag (boy deer). Deer and their behavior are deeply ingrained in the scots, our myth & legends and although many "Highland dances" were standardised/modernised in the late 1900's early 20th century, elements such as the mimicking of the deer, their "flight of foot" in particular, are very traditional aspects, don't let the tartan and the kirk fool you!
Dancing a schottishe also requires some delicate foot work and the association of this tune with the roe deer makes perfect sense in this context. Thinking of how roe deer move in open ground brings a whole new meaning to this tune for me, especially the delicate descending canter of the third part. Magnificent!
# Posted on March 18th 2011 by Solidmahog