I don't think the following information has been put into Mudcat before. In the thread on The Barnyards of Delgaty the tune Linton Lowrie is named. In a 1908 volume called Song Gems (Scots) The Dunedin Collection, are "a goodly number of forgotten and little known gems of song". One is Linton Lowrie Words by James Ballantine, Music by Alexander MacKenzie [i.e. he is the composer, the tune is the one well known for the Barnyards] I tint my hert ae morn in May When birdies sang on ilka tree When dewdraps hung on ilka spray And lammies ply'd on ilka lea Linton Lowrie, Linton Lowrie Aye sae fond ye trowed tae be I never wist sae bricht a morn Sae dark a nicht wad bring to me O Linton's words sae saftly fell Sae pure the glamour o his ee That I hae never been mysel Sin ere he spak an keek't tae me Linton Lowrie, Linton Lowrie Come dear Lowrie back to me An siccan love I'se bear to you E'en your forgettin will forgie His absence I'll nae langer bear My grief I can nae langer dree I'll gang a thoosan mile an mair My Linton's comely face to see O Linton Lowrie, Linton Lowrie Gin you'll come to Loganlea I'll mak ye laird o Logan Ha And I your loving wife will be The song is also in Sam Henry's Songs of the People. There is a Loganlea in the south of West Lothian, and various candidates for Linton.
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