the loch tay boat song is a trad folk song in my acounts i think the tune was played in gaelic but did not have english lirics untill in 1881 an english poet named harold boltan made new words in english. many people have sung this song but i remember hearing when i was in my teens getting in to radio scotland was by neil maclean who i think was from dunfermerline in fife. he recorded it sometime in the 1920s but i do not know what year. 1 other version of this song you can find earlier was recorded at the edinburgh usher hall by the scotish fiddle orchestra that was sung by mary sandyman. this recording was made just a few years before i moved to edinburgh. my mum had the recording in vinyl and i heard it for the first time. in 1988 i went back to the usher hall wif my father and saw this show again. after the show was over i met mary sandyman and had a good conversation and she shook my hand. you can find that recording very great on all websites but you mite not find neil maclens first recording of it. thankyou from joe.