Tattie Bogle, the guy who wrote the main lyric to Highland Cathedral, which is an officially licensed version - is 'Ben'/Peter Kelly an Inverness Tenor Light Operatic singer who used to also appear in Scottish heather n' haggis mannered shows. Hence the form they take. The words are awful. Bombastic, unmemorable and sound forced. But, they are what was allowed to be later contracted - and put our in print and on recordings. It therefore remains far better as a tune.. though I've always thought it a German modern (C) dirge, though many wrongly think it's a Scottish trad. dirge. It's all in the ear of the beholder - but the main official' words will never be fully taken up as a folk song by the average person.
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