Released in 1980, Stovies is the eighteenth album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by The Corries

The Corries

The Corries were a Scottish folk group that emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. Although the group was a trio in the early days, it was as the partnership of Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne that it is best known.-Early years:...

. Recorded at one or more live concerts, most of the songs have spoken introductions. As well as two Jacobite

Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

 folk songs written by the band, the release includes a tribute to Rob Roy

Robert Roy MacGregor

Robert Roy MacGregor , usually known simply as Rob Roy or alternately Red MacGregor, was a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century, who is sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood. Rob Roy is anglicised from the Scottish Gaelic Raibeart Ruadh, or Red Robert...

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Personnel

Roy Williamson (vocals), Ronnie Browne (vocals). They play guitars, pipes, harmonicas, whistles, flutes, concertina, mandolins, boranns (i.e. bodhrans), fiddle and combolins.

Track listing

1. The Bloody Sarks (Ronnie Browne/Scobie)
2. The Bonnie Moorhen (Traditional)
3. Birnie Boozle (Traditional)
4. Country Western Medley (Roy Williamson)
5. The Broom O' The Cowdenknowes (Traditional)
6. The Bantam Cock (Jake Thackray
   Jake Thackray
   John Philip "Jake" Thackray , was an English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from satirical to bawdy to sentimental to pastoral, with a strong emphasis on storytelling,...
   
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7. Dumbarton's Drums
   Dumbarton's Drums
   Dumbarton's Drums is a traditional Scottish song.LyricsWomen's versionDumbarton’s Drums ChorusDumbarton's drums they sound sae bonnie And they remind me o' my Johnnie, Such fond delight doth steal upon me When Johnnie kneels and kisses me....
   
    (Traditional)
8. The Standard On The Braes O' Mar (Traditional)
9. Lucille (Bowling/Bynum)
10. Arkinholm (Weir/Williamson)
11. The Blackbird (Traditional)
12. The Bricklayer's Song (Cooksey)
13. Welcome Royal Charlie (Roy Williamson)

"Lucille" and "Country Western Medley" are parody of country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

songs.