Andrew Lammie is Child ballad 233. It is said to record a historical event, with the grave of the heroine in the churchyard at Fyvie

Fyvie

Fyvie is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.-Fyvie Castle:Fyvie Castle is reputed to have been built by King William the Lyon in the early thirteenth century...

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Synopsis

Tifty’s Annie falls in love with Andrew Lammie, a lord's trumpeter. Her parents refuse permission because he is poor. He has to leave, and although he has promised fidelity and to return, she sickens. Her family, set against the match, try beatings to make her give him up, but it is unavailing. They may send to the lord accusing Andrew Lammie of bewitching her, but the lord believes his claim that it was only love.

She dies, either of a broken heart or her back broken by her brother. Her father may repent of his insistence. Usually, Andrew Lammie dies soon after.

Recordings

Album/Single	Performer	Year	Variant	Notes
The Boys of the Lough	The Boys of the Lough The Boys of the Lough -The early years:Their first album, called Boys of the Lough consisted of Aly Bain , Cathal Mc'Connell , Dick Gaughan and Robin Morton ....	1973	Andrew Lammie	.
Song of the Seals	Jean Redpath Jean Redpath Jean Redpath MBE is a singer of folk songs and Scottish music.Redpath was born in Edinburgh, to musical parents. Her mother knew many Scots songs and passed them on to Jean and her brother; her father played the hammer dulcimer. She was raised in Leven, Fife,Scotland, and later returned to...	1978	Mill O'Tifty's Annie	.
Blood and Roses - vol 5	Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...	1986	Andrew Lammie	.
The Queen Among the Heather	Jeannie Robertson Jeannie Robertson Jeannie Robertson was a Scottish folk singer.-Hamish Henderson and Alan Lomax:It is not known where Jeannie Robertson was born but she did live at 90, Hilton Street in Aberdeen, where a plaque now commemorates her. Like many of the Scottish Travellers from Aberdeen, Glasgow and Ayrshire, she went...	1998	Bonnie Annie and Andrew Lammie	Probably the longest version - over 13 minutes.
The World's Room	Old Blind Dogs Old Blind Dogs Old Blind Dogs is a Scottish musical group which plays traditional Scottish folk music and Celtic music, with influences from rock, reggae, jazz, blues and Middle Eastern music rhythms...	1999	Mill O'Tifty	.
Alison Gross	Asonance Asonance -Biography:Asonance was founded on Jan Neruda's grammar school in late 1976. Former members of the group were Jan and Pavel Lašťovička, Milan Štěrba and František Korecký. They started with folk and country songs.1977...	2000	Krutý bratr	Czech translation (Cruel Brother).
Laughing with the Moon	Hilary James & Simon Mayor	2004	Andrew Lammie	.
Women Folk	Gordeanna McCulloch	2005	Mill O'Tifty's Annie	.
Prodigal Son	Martin Simpson Martin Simpson Martin Simpson is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. His music reflects a wide variety of influences and styles, rooted in the British Isles, America and beyond.-Biography:...	2007	Andrew Lammie	.
Awkward Annie	Kate Rusby Kate Rusby Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times...	2007	Andrew Lammie	.

External links

• Andrew Lammie
• Andrew Lammie (Mill o' Tifty's Annie)
• Mill o' Tifty's Annie - found in Fyvie