Andrew Lammie

"Andrew Lammie" is Child ballad 233 (Roud 98). It is said to record a historical event, with the grave of the heroine in the churchyard at Fyvie.

Synopsis

Tifty’s Annie falls in love with Andrew Lammie, a lord's trumpeter. Her parents refuse permission because he is poor. He has to leave, and although he has promised fidelity and to return, she sickens. Her family, set against the match, try beatings to make her give him up, but it is unavailing. They may send to the lord accusing Andrew Lammie of bewitching her, but the lord believes his claim that it was only love.

She dies, either of a broken heart or her back broken by her brother. Her father may repent of his insistence. Usually, Andrew Lammie dies soon after.

Recordings

Album/Single	Performer	Year	Variant	Notes
The Bonny Birdy	Ray Fisher	1972	Mill O'Tifty's Annie	.
The Boys of the Lough	The Boys of the Lough	1973	Andrew Lammie	.
Song of the Seals	Jean Redpath	1978	Mill O'Tifty's Annie	.
Blood and Roses - vol 5	Ewan MacColl	1986	Andrew Lammie	.
The Queen Among the Heather	Jeannie Robertson	1998	Bonnie Annie and Andrew Lammie	Probably the longest version - over 13 minutes.
The World's Room	Old Blind Dogs	1999	Mill O'Tifty	.
Alison Gross	Asonance	2000	Krutý bratr	Czech translation (Cruel Brother).
Laughing with the Moon	Hilary James & Simon Mayor	2004	Andrew Lammie	.
Women Folk	Gordeanna McCulloch	2005	Mill O'Tifty's Annie	.
Prodigal Son	Martin Simpson	2007	Andrew Lammie	.
Awkward Annie	Kate Rusby	2007	Andrew Lammie	.
A Health To The Ladies	Craig Herbertson	2011	Andrew Lammie	.

This ballad also forms the unifying device of a ballad opera, Mill O' Tifty's Annie, by the Scottish composer Eric James Reid (1935–1970). There were several performances in the 1960s. Subsequently, a concert suite devised by Geoffrey Atkinson from the opera was made available.

External links

• Andrew Lammie
• Andrew Lammie (Mill o' Tifty's Annie)
• Mill o' Tifty's Annie - found in Fyvie