Andrew Lammie

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Andrew Lammie is Child ballad 233. It is said to record a historical event, with the grave of the heroine being in shown in Fyvie.

[edit] Synopsis

Tiftie’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.

[edit] Recordings

Album/Single	Performer	Year	Variant	Notes
Boys of the Lough	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.
Women Folk	Gordeanna McCulloch	2005	Mill O'Tifty's Annie	.
Prodigal Son	Martin Simpson	2007	Andrew Lammie	.
Awkward Annie	Kate Rusby	2007	Andrew Lammie	.