Alicia Ann Spottiswoode

Alicia Scott, née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (24 June 1810 – 12 March 1900) was a Scottish songwriter and composer known chiefly for the tune, "Annie Laurie", to which the words of a 17th-century poet, William Douglas, were set.

She was the oldest daughter of John Spottiswoode of Berwickshire and his wife Helen Wauchope of Niddrie-Mains. On 16 March 1836 she married Lord John Douglas Scott, a younger son of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch, and consequently is alternatively known by her courtesy title of Lady John Scott.^[1] Lord John Scott died in 1860.

Lady Scott was a champion of traditional Scots language, history and culture, her motto being 'Haud [hold] fast by the past'.^[2] "Annie Laurie" was published in 1838. Scott was born and died at Spottiswoode, Scottish Borders, in the former Berwickshire.^[3]

Works

Selected works include:

• Annie Laurie
• Katherine Logie
• Lammermoor
• Shame on Ye, Gallants!
• Etterick
• Your Voices Are Not Hush'd
• The Foul Fords
• Duris-Deer
• "Think On Me"

See also

• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• List of places in Scotland

References

1. Preface by Margaret Warrender (March 1904) in Songs and Verses by Lady Jane Scott, Edinburgh: David Douglas, pp. i–lxiv
2. "Lady John Scott". Scottish Poetry Library.
3. Rogers, Charles (1882). The Scottish minstrel: the songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns. p. 447. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

External links

• Works by or about Alicia Ann Spottiswoode at Internet Archive
• Free scores by Alicia Ann Spottiswoode in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)