Fiona - Do you know of any popular songs my Ancestor might have been familiar with - or perhaps even sung - prior to the Battle of Dunbar in 1650?

About all we know of his Scottish life is that he was a "Loyalist Scot" and probably from the Lowlands somewhere.

Were there any "laments" written about the massacre at Dunbar?

If Could learn such a song phonetically it might help enhance my understanding of Gaelic a bit I suppose - although I'm not sure that I have the linguistic aptitude or resources to ever get really fluent in it.

One of the ways I remember, honor, and pay tribute to our Ancestors who served to preserve the American Union and abolish Slavery during the American Civil War is to sing their songs as part of my impression as a Reenactor, and It'd be sort of nice, I think, to be able to do that for James Adams - and his People - as well.

Someone here mentioned "Sol-Fa" Music - by that do we mean the style of Musical notation popular in Scotland & England in the middle 19th Century?

We had quite a discussion about that here a couple of years ago, as I recall - it might still be in the Archives (?).

One of the books in my collection - published in the 1880's, i think, is a collection of Scottish Songs all in SolFa notation.
It's rather interesting, although I never could figure it out entirely, despite the kind attempts of a couple of Mudcatters to teach me.
For a while I thought it might have potential for sharing scores on this forum - but alas; few keyboards & WP programs can handle it, as far as I can tell.

Thanks - UJ in ME, USA