"Auld Lang Syne", with words by Scottish poet Robert Burns put to a traditional Scottish melody, is commonly sung at the conclusion of New Year gatherings in Scotland and around the world, especially in English speaking countries.
The main theme in The Piano is based entirely on a traditional Scottish melody titled "Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa"
Mr. Solum noted that several references to music appear in Franklin's published letters, which show that he enjoyed traditional Scottish melodies.
The alma mater of Rutgers University is On the Banks of the Old Raritan with words written by Howard Fullerton (Rutgers Class of 1874) and adapted to an old Scottish melody On the Banks of the Old Dundee.
Here Scottish melody always seems very near the surface, and the characteristic dotted-rhythms also curiously conjure up the baroque.
In 1999, Coulter and Verdery concluded the trilogy with the album Crooked Road, which again featured traditional Irish and Scottish melodies, as well as some contemporary songs.
He has thus connected his image with whatever is most gracious and endearing in the national character; he has embalmed his memory in song, and floated his name to after ages in the rich streams of Scottish melody.
The tune was a Scottish melody and as she sang she kept time with a tamborine.
At a concert that Bruch conducted in Breslau, also with Sarasate as the soloist, the work was titled Third Violin Concerto (with free use of Scottish melodies, Op.