Kate Dalrymple
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Katy Dalrymple
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"Kate Dalrymple" is a traditional Scottish reel. The melody is based on an ancient folk-tune. There are accompanying words in Scots, written by William Watt. It tells the tale of the eponymous spinster.
The National Portrait Gallery in London has a painting of the real Kate Dalrymple, a society beauty in her youth.
It is used by the BBC as the theme music for the BBC Radio Scotland dance music programme Take the Floor.