Blue Bonnets Over the Border

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"Blue Bonnets Over the Border" is a traditional Scottish march and folk tune closely associated with Scottish military regiments and border heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Blue Bonnets Over the Border canonical 4

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish folk tune
Scottish song
traditional march
associatedWith Scottish Borders
Scottish regiments
border reivers
blueBonnetsMeaning traditional Scottish headgear
category Scottish folk songs
Scottish patriotic songs
pipe marches
countryOfOrigin Scotland
culturalSignificance symbol of Scottish martial tradition
symbol of border heritage
genre folk music
military march
hasLyrics martial call to arms
hasTheme Scottish border warfare
clan loyalty
martial pride
hasTitleLanguage English
influenced later Scottish martial songs
isPartOf Scottish traditional music repertoire
language English
Scots
musicalForm march
notableUse Scottish military ceremonies
performanceContext Highland games
military parades
pipe band competitions
periodOfOrigin traditional era (pre-19th century)
refersTo blue bonnets
region Scottish Borders
subjectMatter Scottish borderers riding to battle
transmission oral tradition
typicalInstrumentation Great Highland bagpipe
Scottish smallpipes
fiddle
snare drum
usedAs pipe tune
regimental march

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King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) regimentalMarch Blue Bonnets Over the Border
subject surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Royal Scots Fusiliers regimentalMarch Blue Bonnets Over the Border
Canadian Scottish Regiment regimentalMarch Blue Bonnets Over the Border
1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland regimentalMarch Blue Bonnets Over the Border