Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Maggie Lauder" is another song from Joe Offer's collection of songs sourced from BBC programmes such as "Singing Together".
The footnote with this one reads as follows:
Source: 101 Scottish Songs, Selected by Norman Buchan, Collins, Glasgow and London, 1962, reprinted 1970.
Notes:
Song attributed to Francis Sempill.
Francis Sempill was the third of the Sempills, Lairds of Beltrees in Renfrewshire, to win fame as a humorist. His grandfather was Sir James Sempill, author of the 16th century satire "Packman's Paternoster"; his father Robert wrote the famous elegy on Habbie Simpson, "The Piper of Kilbarchan" which helped to give Scotland and Burns the famous Scots stanza, or, as it is sometimes known, The Habbie Simpson stanza. Francis Sempill has also had attributed to him, The Blythsome Bridal". His authorship to both has been disputed mainly because it is based on the unconfirmed claims of his grandchildren.
I was not certain of the pronunciation of the surname, "Lauder" and tried to make it sound like a cross between "Louder" and "Lorder".
As with most of the songs from this collection I have devised my own chord progression to suit my finger-picking style of playing, and it should work ok for strumming if you so desire.
If you have difficulty seeing how I am picking it, use the cogwheel icon at the bottom right of the video to change the speed. Slowing it down will not alter the pitch but will make it easier to see which strings I am picking.
"Maggie Lauder" is another song from Joe Offer's collection of songs sourced from BBC programmes such as "Singing Together".
The footnote with this one reads as follows:
Source: 101 Scottish Songs, Selected by Norman Buchan, Collins, Glasgow and London, 1962, reprinted 1970.
Notes:
Song attributed to Francis Sempill.
Francis Sempill was the third of the Sempills, Lairds of Beltrees in Renfrewshire, to win fame as a humorist. His grandfather was Sir James Sempill, author of the 16th century satire "Packman's Paternoster"; his father Robert wrote the famous elegy on Habbie Simpson, "The Piper of Kilbarchan" which helped to give Scotland and Burns the famous Scots stanza, or, as it is sometimes known, The Habbie Simpson stanza. Francis Sempill has also had attributed to him, The Blythsome Bridal". His authorship to both has been disputed mainly because it is based on the unconfirmed claims of his grandchildren.
I was not certain of the pronunciation of the surname, "Lauder" and tried to make it sound like a cross between "Louder" and "Lorder".
As with most of the songs from this collection I have devised my own chord progression to suit my finger-picking style of playing, and it should work ok for strumming if you so desire.
If you have difficulty seeing how I am picking it, use the cogwheel icon at the bottom right of the video to change the speed. Slowing it down will not alter the pitch but will make it easier to see which strings I am picking.
