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Carolina Oliphant

Born

in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland

August 16, 1766

Died

October 26, 1845

Genre

Scottish Songs

Influences

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Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, was a Scottish songwriter and song collector. She was the author of many songs often today thought of as traditional. The daughter of a staunchly Jacobite family, she wrote in sympathy with the cause, setting her songs to old tunes.

Her father, Laurence Oliphant, was a prominent Jacobite, and she was named Carolina in memory of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. In 1806 she married William Murray Nairne, who became the 5th Lord Nairne in 1824. After her husband's death in 1830 Lady Nairne took up her residence at Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, but she spent much time abroad. She died at Gask on 26 October 1845.

Following the example set by Robert Burns, Lady Nairne undertook to bring out a collection of national ...more

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Average rating: 3.32 · 28 ratings · 3 reviews · 23 distinct works

	Harvard Classics, Volume 41: English Poetry 2: Collins to Fitzgerald by William Collins, George Sewell, Alison Cockburn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne by Carolina Oliphant, Charles Rogers (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1869 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Nairne and her Songs by Carolina Oliphant, George Henderson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1900 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lays of Strathearn 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1846	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh Rowan Tree by Carolina Oliphant, Norman Monath 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Land of the Leal: Song [begins: "I'm wearing awa"] Song by Lady Nairn by Carolina Oliphant, John Bulmer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Carolina Oliphant (?)

“The laird o Cockpen, he’s proud an he’s great,
His mind is ta’en up wi the things o the State;
He wanted a wife, his braw house to keep,
But favour wi wooin was fashious to seek.”
― Carolina Oliphant

tags: scots-leid, wooing

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