The Scots-Irish musical legacy in the USA

[@shamrock4500]

How I miss that Northern Irish accent, my Grandfather was born in Belfast, generations before him his great-great uncles went to America and ended up in Utah and Texas, my Grandad came to Canada, he brought his love of music and that lovely Irish accent with him.

[@italianladyr]

I grew up in the Appalachian Mountain area. We called this hillbilly music. My mom loved it. She never knew she was Scott-Irish. Im proud to know they were my ancestors.

[@josephbragg6388]

My great grandmother was born in Ireland in 1840 Those pipes will reach you deep inside.

[@thevis5465]

Proud your ancestors colonised ulster and displaced the catholic Irish natives?

[@reecemorton4786]

@@thevis5465 yeah. sounds pretty chad to me.

[@southernscots-irish4]

@@thevis5465 I feel bad for your 'friends'

[@yisraelforeman904]

The sound of the Uilleann pipes is beautiful, as is the sound of the Scottish Highland Bagpipes. I have about an equal amount of the music of both, as I enjoy listening to both. Although they're similar, they're also different in some ways.

[@Canopus68]

I love this series. It is the story of my family. My family were Quakers and came over from Ireland in the mid to late 1700's. They landed in PA and then over the years migrated south. My father was from AL. The family tree, if it's correct, goes back to the 900's in Scotland when a King came from Norway and claimed the throne of Scotland. My DNA is Scottish, Irish, English, Germany (English and German are my mother's side), Norway,. When I was in the Navy I spent two and half years in Scotland. I didn't know it then, but where I was living I could see the town Greenock, that my future wife's family came from. They immigrated to the US in the late 1800's.

[@prayunceasingly2029]

I also have Irish quaker ancestors from that era!

[@dougparkhurst279]

I have watched this over and over again...I cannot describe how proud and happy this makes me.

[@carmenismyname]

Why proud? Did you do something special?

[@s.leemccauley7302]

As long as you remember that you must make your own mark in this world and don't get arrogant, it is great to be proud of your family. Your heritage. But you can not live in their shadow. Their achievements are theirs as well as their failures.

[@j673-e3n]

Parkhurst is 100% English.

[@patriciajrs46]

Amen. I would agree wholeheartedly.

[@patriciajrs46]

​@@s.leemccauley7302Our achievements and failures are our own, too.

[@andyleckey8153]

Born in and still live in Ballymena N.Ireland. Would love to visit the Appalachian region where my forefathers moved to.

[@-jank-willson]

Irish Gaelge and Scottish Giadlhig were both still spoken in some parts of the Appalachians until about the 1940's

[@-jank-willson]

Tiocfaidh Ár Lá!

[@nielsdodo7059]

@@-jank-willson people in the orange order have also spoken Irish so what ur point

[@-jank-willson]

@@nielsdodo7059 ?

[@-jank-willson]

@@nielsdodo7059 There were Irish and scottish immigrants who went to the appalachians, and then later the Scotch-irish as well. Throughout history, the Scotch-Irish and the Irish have always been at odds with one another, as the Scotch-Irish were Protestant 'orange order' types, and the Irish were Catholics...

[@greatscott6755]

I am an Australian of Scots-Irish descent. since a very young age I have always loved the pipes & drums, they stir something deep down in my soul, I know anyone reading this of the same decendency will understand what I mean, but I have never understood where my strong affinity to Bluegrass, Old Timely & Hill Billy music, this has explained a lot. Thank you.

[@johnpatrick5307]

"Scots-Irish" doesn't exist. Its made up, like their culture (which is Irish). There were Irish and there were their offspring, the Scots. Then there were Scottish, who had no time for either, being too good for the "erse". They invented the "Scots Irish" myth. But DNA tests have exposed them as mixed-race chancers!: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17740638

[@Junkie4videos]

@@johnpatrick5307 and what mutt race are you?

[@patcola7335]

@@Junkie4videos Celtics peoples are mutts to begin with. Which is beautiful in itself. Plenty of DIVERSITY in our own people as it is.

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@patcola7335 The Scottish aren't Celtic - the Scots are or were (they called the Lowlanders sassenachs).

[@patcola7335]

@@johnpatrick5307 I thought that was the whole distinction between the Highlanders and the lowlanders ? The Highlanders were the Celts and the lowlanders were saxons ?

[@jamesstuart1761]

Great special! I'm Scottish blood myself (grandparents from Helensburgh) and our bond between the old country and here is unbreakable, My wife is Irish (Dublin descent) and on our honeymoon we went to Ireland and Scotland. It was Heaven. We came home.

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

Ricky Skaggs tells a story of playing an event with an Irish band, and one of the guys noticed a strumming technique he was using and asked where he learned it. Ricky said an old mountain man from Eastern Kentucky taught it to him, and the Irish guy said that's how they play in Donegal, he'd never seen it ouside of there. Ricky said it just made the connection real to him in a way it hadn't been before.

[@skynyrdnemoy2418]

OGSpaceCadet That's so awesome, Ricky scaggs is much underrated

[@mslowkeyttoyou9844]

I am from the Skaggs line, we come from Londonderry Ireland. Was Derry originally

[@overthewebb]

Just a shame everyone in the States thinks Scots Irish means Irish. It doesn't, it means you are Scottish. We call them Ulster Scots here. Scots who moved to Ulster. Irish didn't show up in America until 1800's

[@75smurfette]

Greg W I'm sorry you feel that way. My ancestors were Irish Protestants who came to the U.S. from County Antrim in the 1830s and 1840s , settled in the Kansas City, Missouri area and absolutely considered themselves Irish, which is what that branch of my family tree has always identified as. Anyway, I grew up listening to this type of music and I'm so proud that this beautiful music is part of our Irish legacy here in America!

[@overthewebb]

It's a fact, go to Ireland and meet Ulster Scots and ask then what they feel and it's not Irish that for sure. What do you think the war in Ireland was/is about? The Protestants are on the side of Britain/UK. This is my point that Americans are identifying wrong. If those Protestants originated in Scotland why are you considering yourself Irish? Just because they left from County Antrim, it doesn't make them Irish any more than Polish people for example who could say move to Ireland, then onto America later on.

[@aikidragonpiper71]

Plenty of Scotch/Irish here in Arkansas especially in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains. We have the same rich bluegrass hillbilly culture as Appalachia,many came from there.

[@GH-oi2jf]

The Hillbilly Piper - I had ancestors (Sawreys) from Arkansas who I thought were Scotch-Irish, but I’m not certain. Probably most Americans whose American roots go back several generations have some Scotch-Irish.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@@GH-oi2jf Sawrey is a English surname. The term ''scotch-Irish'' doesn't mean you have Irish ancestry and scottish. I don't how many people get those things confused and think their Irish ancestor were scots-Irish.

[@paigerasmussen5212]

@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 Having an English (technically Anglish) surname is quite common for Scots-Irish; the protestants in England were kicked out and "settled" in Ulster Plantation, Ireland, where there were the protestants from Scotland. So the people are a mix of Celtic-Scottish and Danish-English. Many surnames passed down, but the people integrated with the Scottish community in Ireland. @Gh1618 is probably Scot Irish if that's what their family says.

[@shellc6743]

Scots .... Scotch is a drink.

[@PapaPhilip]

@@shellc6743 Scotch is an archaic form of Scots....or Scots is the more modern usage. Scotch just means Scottish (looked it up in my Scots dictionary). It's an ethnonym which originated in the Unted States. Many of my mother's people are Scotch-Irish. That's the term they used my whole life. That's the term they'd use when describing their ethnicty if they didn't say "American." Remember the name came about long before modern usage, so it's a bit archaic. The Protestant settlers in North Ireland call themselves Ulster Scots or Ulster Irish, not Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish. So don't worry so much. The people named themselves. Use Scots-Irish if you like, but don't get upset when people use their own name for themselves.

[@margiemasih982]

I love the Scots Irish music...I am England,Ireland ,and scottish.sir Walter Scot is in family on my father's side...I wrote to an Irishman for six years.he died from car accident. I read poetry to the public at Springfield I'll.one year.lincolns tomb..it was beautiful out that morning...over on the hillside was a funeral going on.bagpipes were being played.it was beautiful

[@Jay-lr3me]

I am English and Welsh with my roots thanks for your story interesting to read

[@raibeartthehairypict4696]

I’m from the west of Scotland. And listening to the lady’s introduction. It was like listening to my Great Granny (or "Maw" as we all called her affectionately,) speaking. The Influence of the Scots language is still so strong in Ulster Scots. I love to hear it.💪🏻 I worry about it being diluted due to the internet though. If that makes any sense. I hope & pray not though..

[@heraldeventsandfilms5970]

Ah Raibeart, you are from Dalriada. I am Picti. Let's fight!

[@jeez3838]

Camping in S Dak 2 years ago and right at sunset a man in a kilt began playing “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Campfires 🔥 burning and it was the most beautiful moment ever. ❤️ God Bless him for giving such a wonderful memory!

[@Jay-lr3me]

Born and raised in Appalachia and very proud of my English and Welsh roots. And this video about scotch influence is extremely interesting. Thanks for this

[@prayunceasingly2029]

Awesome! The Welsh were celts too like the Irish and Scottish! I'm also part English myself. The Welsh have a beautiful language.

[@hIbeRniAnfc-od2iw]

English aren’t celts tho

[@brucecollins4729]

jay. look up....there is a scots origins of fiddle reel music in appalacia. fiddle reel music being indigenous to scotland. jigs and hornpipe to england. the english/scots/welsh were the earlier settlers.

[@notsharingwithyoutube]

@@hIbeRniAnfc-od2iw The poor Scots are heavily Germanic, and the English are partially Celt. One historian, and I don't know who, described the difference between a German and a Celt as which side of the Rhine you lived on when the Romans invaded.

[@benmacdui9328]

*Scotch is a drink. We are Scots. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@trukeesey8715]

"Hillbilly" is a compliment.

[@ScotchIrishcelt]

Yessir, amen.

[@angelo_giachetti]

I wonder if Connor McGreggor knows he's a hillbilly

[@Wrz2e]

It truly is. People are now embracing the term.

[@jeremymcclary3901]

@@angelo_giachetti ....if he don't ....he betta sing hallelujah ing the ring....while bowing to..."his betters...!!!!🤣🤣!!!)

[@YeshuaHamashiach5791]

I wasn't born in the hills but my roots are there. Proud of it too. From Mississippi.

[@jeanmcnaughton5245]

I am from Scotch and Irish decent and very proud of it

[@williemcg3912]

Aha! There are only three things in this world that are Scotch. That is Whisky, pies and mist!

[@Otoño24]

No disrespect, but you meant "descent." That old Latin word that often gets confused with "decent." I take it that you are a "decent" Scot-Irish. You should be.

[@shawnmclean7932]

Mcnaughty, go to confession.

[@bryanmcdonald4351]

I think that makes you ScotchIrish. I don’t think you have to say it separate like that

[@greatscott6755]

@@bryanmcdonald4351 it's actually Scots-Irish. Scotch is Whisky- spelt with out an e

[@carolyngibson4651]

she sounds just like pasty cline what a beautiful strong voice she has !!she did sweet dreams the best cover I've ever heard! God bless 🔱👑

[@josephberrie9550]

@stephen turner probably from cornwall LOL

[@bryanmcdonald4351]

When I first read this I thought a pasty cline was Irish slang for a woman that doesn’t go in the sun! Lol

[@Dang3rMouSe]

Great doc! We are in the Shenandoah valley. I still have my great grandfather's accordion, it's a beauty!

[@Nuka0420]

If you can play please post a video

[@nancyhobson9710]

Ah, me! From Australia. Dads father from Scotland, Mums from Ireland, on her mother's side, and English from her father.

[@Dang3rMouSe]

@@Nuka0420 Unfortunately I can't at this moment but I am a musician. I sing, play guitar, a little drums & currently learning the jaw harp but haven't learned the accordion unfortunately. Prob cause my father would always ream me out when he would catch me opening & playing his father's accordion as a kid😆. I think this is because it's 1 of only a handful of items he had to remember his father by (who got it from his) sadly due to a nasty family dispute w/ 1 of his siblings (his sibling forged their father's will, have personally confirmed it through court records.) So I had always kept it tucked away in a real safe spot that wouldn't hurt the instrument. But after coming back to this video & seeing your reply you should know you've inspired me. I've pulled it out, gave it a thorough looking over & tried it out. It appears to me to be in suprisingly great condition, the bellows are in excellent shape. Only issues were 1 of the keys & a set of the keyboard buttons aren't playing & the original leather strap is eroding a bit (that part is an easy fix). If I can't fix it myself w/ help from the internet I'll have a professional take a look, find out exactly what's wrong & get it repaired. If it's ok for me to play it afterwords then I'm going to learn how to. Hopefully it all works out & if I get comfortable enough w/ it I'll upload a video. Thx for the inspiration, I needed it👋😊🎶

[@Dang3rMouSe]

@@AllenCrawford3 that's awesome! I know exactly what you're talking about & am familiar w/ the Looney Mill Creek right off the James River. That's something to be very proud of. We've also traced ancestors (found 2 family lines so far) that were in the Constitutional Army. My wife is also part of the Daughters of the American Revolution & has an ancestor that was in the Virginia Company. It's incredible what can be found on one's ancestors if you're lucky enough to find any historical records.

[@Nuka0420]

@@Dang3rMouSe Ah

[@Me2Lancer]

Thank you for sharing this sample of the Scots/Irish Legacy. My heritage includes Scots-Irish, English & Wales and some German. Most of my ancestors immigrated to this country in the early 1700s. One fought during the Revolutionary War at Camden, Battle of Cowpens and King's Mountain. This music touches my soul. Once while driving across the Appalachian Mountains I felt a strong connection to the land.

[@NoNameThoughtOfYet]

As An Irish Person (Dublin Born And Raised), I'm Facinated And In Love With All This Music Bluegrass, Sacred Harp, Old Time And Gospel... Listening To Traditonal Irish And Scotish Music Myself I Can Really Hear The Influence My Native Music Had On The Carter Family And The Music From O Brother Where Art Thou? And Cold Mountain....

[@Senaleb]

Yeah those movies music was great. The soggy bottom boys were great. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZW8eKF3e8aYfrc

[@brucecollins4729]

it,s actually scottish fiddle music. a couple of years ago a leading african american came over to scotland to learn more about the origins of gospel music

[@leavesofdistinction1679]

Oh! I loved those movies. 🙂

[@chgdst]

This community has been the best! We have really clung together and helped each other. I look forward to seeing everyone every day! Thank you for building this community!

[@virginiaseedsskogen2038]

Thank you for this video!!! You are telling about my heritage, love hearing the pipes and drums, though I wasn't raised Scottish. The earliest known granfather was born an Ulster-Scot in 1720. He and two older brothers emmigrated to the colonies in 1729. They were Presbyterians and farmed in Lancaster and Bucks Counties. Later my grandfather married a Ulster-Scot colonist, they had 17 children. He moved his family a little south, but mostly west to Washington County, PA. They farmed and had a sawmill. I've watched this video many times and read down through many comments, thank to all who contributed to making the video and those who have commented.

[@justinsublett5880]

Proudly Scots-Irish on my mother’s side, and my father’s ancestors married into frontier Scots-Irish families within a century of coming to America. My heritage was forged in the British Isles, and its become this wonderful American musical tradition.

[@dakarilove5230]

Ive recently became fascinated with the appalachian ppl. Me being an afro american I have roots in the deep south because that's practically where all of us are from, I don't know much about the appalachian south though, I'd like to visit one day I'm fascinated by their culture and we actually some similarities.

[@dakarilove5230]

@@AllenCrawford3 ive heard of the melungeons but haven't done any deep research into them. Thats cool. Your family history is cool too bro. You still in appalachia? I wanna do one if those dna tests too. You did the 23andme?

[@hollyjobitner3285]

Maybe next year you should go to the Philadelphia Folk Festival to see many types of music. Every evening the show would start with a Bagpiper, that makes my Scot Irish German heart weep. All people from all over the world have influenced the music. My husband calls it Folk Music. I haven’t been for a number of years. My first time was 1986 pregnant with my daughter.

[@supersix24]

Rhiannon giddens. Please look her up

[@dakarilove5230]

@@hollyjobitner3285 that sounds cool. I'll try to go to Philly for it. Do you know if they have an event like that in Chicago?

[@dakarilove5230]

@@supersix24 Shes cold wit it I've watched her before.

[@altheacraig2904]

On my mother's side, my family the Cochrans came from Armague County Ireland, the Sim and Dick side from Perthshire, and the Thain side from Banffshire Scottland. On the 22 and 23 of July 2023, the Highland Games will be in Enumclaw, Washington, USA. My sister Judy and I will be going there to see all the activities. We do every time they are here. It is a very special time for us!

[@meko3089]

I’m half Scottish ( dna) a little Irish ☘️ the rest English. My ancestors took this path. My family ended up in Mississippi/Alabama. They raised me in the north so I have been exposed to their lifestyle. Surprisingly, their are also a lot of Scottish in Michigan. They listened to a lot of bluegrass

[@patrickmccalpin9920]

I'm from Michigan my father checked in to the McCalpin name and found alot in Mississippi

[@FatherDinny]

Do you know irish?

[@HueyPPLong]

@@FatherDinny Why should they know Irish? They’re old stock American. Just happens that old stock American are English, Scottish and Scots-Irish.

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Lots of Scotts everywhere in the U.S., too. Colorado for instance! We'd do country dancing and Western music (similar to bluegrass) and all of this was descended from Scots-Irish dance and music.

[@xprezeu]

I’m English Scottish nit too much Irish unfortunately more Scandinavian and Norwegian. Some German. Some Welsh. But mainly English. Our Alabama roots came from a Union soldier from Wisconsin. He was English. He said he had never seen land as beautiful as Alabama and settled in Limestone County.

[@jimmyoleary8667]

My Grand Dad came to Philly from Ireland in 1850. He was the first steamboat Captain to pilot a steamboat down Allens landing in Houston Tx. Now I've been a musician for 53 years and I play reels and gigs on my mandolin.

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

A really wonderful video journey musically connecting our modern "clansmen" with the roots of a past so long ago and so far away. Suddenly the years and the distance fade and we are back in human harmony through music. Thanks so much Mark.

[@SuperSlik50]

The book ‘Born Fighting’ by Jim Webb is an excellent history of the the Scots back to William Wallace and the Scots Irish from their time in Ulster and up to the present in US history. This book is awesome

[@suzanneflowers2230]

Yes!

[@paulorobertopedroso9933]

Mark Wilson , excellent work, high culture, preserving the scot-irish customs, from Brasil , muito obrigado (thanks)

[@patrickmccalpin9920]

I'm Scott Irish and my girlfriends father is from Spain and her mother is Irish born in West Virginia we were watching a bagpipe group practice in a park once and she yelled out "Freebird"! and they gave it a try lol 😆 we got together ❤ because of her love of Patsy Cline and my love for Roy Gallagher perfect mix 😉 happy st Patrick's day

[@user-ks5cg5cd7m]

I am from Southwestern Pennsylvania. This music sounds like home.

[@alexluthiger731]

Emotionally I'm from Southwestern Pennsylvania, but in the Northeastern part it rocks even more. 🍻💘

[@amcguigan2389]

This documentary is so well done! Absolutely wonderful .Mark makes it easy to follow and totally delightful, interesting, engaging, and informative. You can really see all the connections he points out. Everyone in this show looks like family to me. Lots of talent in this show! Lots of work went into this, too - the planning, the practicing together, the research. Wow. I grew up in southwestern Virginia - the Shendandoah Valley/Blue Ridge mountains. Well done, Mark and BBc-Northern Ireland!

[@renaissancelady9938]

I'm Appalachian-American and I hail from a quaint country town in the mountains of north Georgia. My maiden name was Harkins which is from the O'Harkins clan of the Highlands of Scotland and my husband is of Scot-Irish descent. Proud of my heritage.

[@pressedearth9492]

What a gift these people gave in so many ways. Thank You for this great documentary.

[@johnmoore8016]

I love The Scots-Irish music (I really love the pipes; in the movie The Devil's Brigade - when the Canadians Arrive; when they were marching to the tune of “Scotland the Brave)” I have that on my computer and I play it over and over. I listen to the country songs on videos, but when the people are talking I have a hard time understanding what they are saying at times dot to their accents, but (I’m from the south in the USA and people have the same problem with my speech. Still all in all I love the Scot-Irish music.

[@AudreyCeropin]

Thank You!! .. we need more peeps such as yourselves to bring us together thru music!

[@cactuswren9771]

Bravo! Grandpa Ludovic Grant who was sold into slavery to the Carolinas in 1715 uprising and Grandma Rena Akins from Tyrone are tappin' their toes! Cherokee Scots/Irish and PROUD of them all. Love their music!!

[@moodyCoverhouse]

Hey, Ludovic Grant is in my family tree as well. Hello very distant cousin!

[@firefly4598]

@@moodyCoverhouse Osiyo, distant clan cousin. Thanks for saying hi! :))

[@greenshp]

I had intended to glance at this, but it's so good I watched the whole thing! Really well-done. Thank you Mark Wilson!

[@TD402dd]

The bag pipes touch your soul.

[@publicanimal]

Not all the descendants of the Scots-Irish stayed in Appalachia. They had a broader cultural impact on other forms of American popular music as well.

[@michaelmaselly5298]

there were so many scots irish and the copulated and propagated so prolifically they managed to settle the usa in a hundred years

[@princekermit0]

yep some Scots made it to Oklahoma (such as my family) and married survivors of the trail of tears (Cherokee)

[@publicanimal]

@@princekermit0 lots of Scots-Irish in the Wild West in general.

[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZbin video which compares rare traditional recordings of Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4aqoIqtfLCqiaM Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

[@theforgottenhistoryofnatch412]

@@princekermit0 My Scotch Irish Ancestors look more Cherokee than European. I have that little lump on the back of my skull that identifies me as Cherokee.

[@alanmcinnes4932]

the lady at the start speaks a most beautiful mix of scots-ulster dialect.

[@kittysunshinebandit1235]

This should be brought back throughout the whole USA. It our haritage and good clean music and fun. Let's bring it back.

[@fennarios]

Classical music is clean music for me, liking this so much more because it's not clean...

[@michaeldouglas1243]

Great video my family surname Douglas, came from Scotland in 1700s. We still live at Mason Dixon like where my ancestors settled all those years ago. My great parents knew patsy cline personally, her father was from 15 min from her and her home winchester only about 35 min. Excellent vid

[@erniemcgowin4637]

Great documentary. Thanks for doing this. My family name is McGowin and Kirby so I can relate. I came from a family of 9 kids and we would have family singings on a regular basis not knowing at the time that it was part of our heritage to do so.

[@CharlesMcGlade]

Perfect gold, man. A Masterpiece of cultural history.

[@rohawaha]

Hello to the Old Country from the Bowles and Pridemoor Clans ! we now hail from PA, VA, WV. NC and we have even brought are ways and music to Stuart Fl. We are still proud of our Scottish roots and Scotland.

[@ariellewest5024]

+Roha Waha I think this is where some of my family comes from. I was told a lot about my family coming from the VA, WV, and TN area. My mum also told me that her Irish side came from somewhere in N. Ireland, and when I asked her about the Ulster area, she said that it sounded familiar to what she read.

[@rohawaha]

Sirena Hi Sirena , I recently read a fascinating book called " Born Fighting by James Webb" It chronicles the Scott's history from Scotland to Ulster and their migration threw America. It is an amazing story , the Scots Irish were American military's best kept secret. My own family story is a tough read, my father "born in Boone Co." was adopted @ 6 months of age after his father was killed in a coal mining accident, his adopted father later had both his feet cut off in a coal mining accident. My father joined the U.S.Navy after graduating H.S. to escape the coal mines and he stayed for 26 years. Three of us children were born in foreign country's. I recently went back to visit relatives. Nothing had changed in 20 years, no new growth.

[@ariellewest5024]

I just watched the documentary on KZbin called Appalachian English, and they stated that they don't mind living 20 years behind others. It looked like more around 50 years behind. My mum who was born and partially raised in Arkansas stated that after her family having moved to Cali that she now looks at people and can't believe how dumb they sound and act. They don't sound incredibly dumb, but they sure don't enunciate much of what they say. It's sounds like Boomhower (sp?) from King of the Hill. I could obviously learn what their words and expressions are rather quickly; I just have no good reason to. I would also imagine that the economy there is rather flat (dead), and that they seem to not really care that it is either. I play violin (amongst other things) and that's what really attracted me to this. I just don't want to travel there and the only two things I have in common with them are music and where our ancestors originated.

[@ariellewest5024]

Wow, Boone Co. My mum was really into genealogy a few years ago, and I guess realised that she had discovered most of the family history. Boone Co., was one of the things I heard a lot when she was on the phone with others in that area.

[@Sylkenwolf]

+Sirena what a really sad vision you have of your ancestry. I have appreciated every bit of where I came from. I love their culture and immerse myself in it as much as possible. It is very interesting and would love to pass this onto any children thats willing to learn.

[@eldruidacosmico]

My grandmother, a Scots-Irish from Colombus Indiana, married a Venezuelan exchange student after becoming pregnant, she moved to Venezuela but ran away because the man was a wife beater, so she began working in Caracas as an interpreter and that's how she met my grandpa, a venezuelan of Italian descend. They were relatively happy, but she died shortly after giving birth to my mom. A classical Irish tragic story, but I feel proud of my Scots-Irish ancestry.

[@paulatwood9794]

@stephen turner you are an ass!

[@scotsexile1]

Well I do. I´m a Scot in Brazil and understand what the poster was saying. We have connections with the whole world because we are not like the small minded Stepehen Turners of this world.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

''A classic Irish tragic story'' except the scots irish are not Irish, they're a elite minority of propagandists descended from Scottish and English plantation colonists.

[@Anna-ug8cq]

The Magnificent Creep Is that meant to be an insult? I can’t tell?

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@@Anna-ug8cq Not at all just stating the facts.

[@sallyfrederick-johnson8865]

I love this music! No wonder, I have roots in Scotland, and Ireland.

[@charis3406]

I’m of Ulster Scottish ancestry, very proud to be! From Canada ☺️

[@andykane439]

Your not your English decent

[@j673-e3n]

All these people with English names claiming to be Scots Irish. Although... when the Ulster Scots stole land from the Irish with the Ulster Plantation there were some northern English who joined in so it is possible.

[@mikebobson2768]

@@j673-e3n I would actually say a large chunk of ulster scots have English blood.

[@pwimbledon]

@@j673-e3n the Scots-Irish ethnic group were originally from northern England and Southern Scotland. Why wouldn’t they have English sounding names?

[@meglea7065]

I wish this was 7 hours long. I’m so glad you appreciate the beauty of the Blue Ridge and Appalachia. She’s a gem.

[@monicacall7532]

I second your comment. There’s no place like the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smokies. The music is fantastic!

[@yisraelforeman904]

For those of y'all what love Bluegrass (Hillbilly) Music as I do, you might also love both Traditional Scottish, and Traditional Irish Folk Music as well. Some excellent musicians to get your feet wet in both of these, are: The Corries, The Clancy Brothers, The Irish Rovers, The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones, and Seamus Kennedy. If you decide to check them out, I hope you also enjoy their music as much as I do. God bless y'all.

[@meglea7065]

@@yisraelforeman904 I actually have an old Dubliners vinyl albums! Thanks for the other reccommends, ill definitely check them out.

[@yisraelforeman904]

I spent many summers with my maternal grandfather in Crystal Springs, about 2 miles north of Elkins, in Randolph County, West Virginia, during the summer, since he liked to go there during the Groundhog hunting season. It is beautiful country. I'm in my 60's now, and living in San Jose, California. The mountains here remind me of the mountains in West Virginia, and sometimes make me wish I had the means to travel back there to visit. I grew up in Tampa, Florida, not very far from McDill Air Force Base. I have listened to many types of music over the years, but prefer Bluegrass, Country, and Irish Folk Music, and also Yemenite Jewish Folk Music. One thing that I have noticed, is that when you are in the Southern part of almost any country, it seems almost universal that there is a noticeable nasal twang in their speech. Not Common to the Northern areas of the country, but very common in the South. Also Southerners, like me, tend to be a little more laid back than Northerners, who generally tend to he too much in a hurry. We have a saying where I come from: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get." If you're a Southerner, I don't reckon I need to explain it. Yankees on the other hand might not understand what it means.

[@brucecollins641]

@@yisraelforeman904 bluegrass will have it's roots in scotland/england.fidddle reel music is indigenous to scotland no ireland. the irish nusic you see today only started in the late 50s with the clancies who adopted the fun raucous diddly dee/toora loo style. also,due to their limited repertoire adopted many scottish and english sangs at the time(a know because a was actually around then) the the dubliners formed in 62 and did the same,then the furies in the 70s did the same. american country and western is older than irish music. fiddle reel music is indigenous to scotland not ireland. there are 100s of scots fiddle reel tunes in ireland. ill monroe credits scotland with bluegrass(he even wrote a fiddle tune called scotland) look up emily lou harris performin it.

[@elmerbuchanan8985]

My name is E.Buchanan my family are Ulster Scots and I am damn proud of my Heritage . Love the bagpipes . But cant play any type of instrument. But did learn how to fight for what I believe in.

[@revabodden11]

History of Scotland Neil Olivier season 1 part 4

[@fixitright9709]

Greame Mcg I sure have been trying to educate myself on this matter many different opinions, my ancestors from the Scottish Highlands cleared to Glasgow married my Irish great-great-grandfather who was cleared from Ireland, and then on to Pennsylvania in the 1850s, their faith was ruled by the English and so they're dislike for them and so how is this wrong? that is to have an independent Scotland and the independent Ireland.

[@fixitright9709]

Robert Kelly yes divide and conquer distract your enemy by pinning them against each other

[@fixitright9709]

Did not a lot of Vikings inhabit those islands?

[@fixitright9709]

Greame Mcg what history are you speaking of? During the clearances? if that's the case there's is much evidence to dispute any Massacre by the Irish in fact if there was a massacre it was probably the English agent provocateur

[@shanegooding4839]

Reminds me a lot of the music played by bush bands over here in Australia 🦘. Cheers 😊.

[@Thelaceless]

linda lay's voice. wow..God Bless That Fab voice!

[@ConcededSpatula]

This is awesome! I was a Sanford born in Sanford NC. We moved to the Allegheny Counties. I grew up in the Lexington and Staunton Areas. This hits close to home

[@joesmith-jb4ls]

I am Scotts-Irish and damned proud of it

[@jasonsweet1868]

Joe Smith I won't be lending you money then

[@maryplaidy6814]

Joe Smith Me too. And I'm damned proud of it. There are millions of us in this country. My family came from Ulster in 1700 to North Carolina. They fought in the Revolution at Kings' Mountain. They even received land grants in Tennessee for their service. No Ellis Islanders in my family.

[@rogerwilson9361]

yes my family came from South Carolina in the 1700 and always been told we were Scot-Irish.

[@karenbartlett1307]

Mine neither. My family in 1749 landed in Baltimore (from Norfolk by way of Scotland) and headed for South Carolina. The other half went to North Carolina from Ulster and became traders. This half married into the Shawnee.

[@rogerwilson9361]

on my father's side his family came from South Carolina and my mother's her family came from North Carolina and both have told us kids they were both Scot-Irish.

[@paranormalpoison6085]

This is an Amazing Video, Thank You! You followed my Scot-Irish bloodlines, except all of mine parted ways when you headed to Tennessee. Mine settled in West Virginia

[@BenSHammonds]

wonderful program, takes me way back in my own family history and music

[@DaWhiteWolffie]

I'm Scots, Scots/Irish, Irish, German, and Sicilian and proud of it! Hi to my cousins across the pond in the UK, from southern Pennsylvania/northern Maryland! xD

[@holdendur4056]

All of your heritage is beautiful White cultures and history!

[@daithiobeag]

Holden Durden white culture!?? pure crap

[@patcola7335]

@@zhannka2011 I know this is old but wanted to add that white or European peoples are also the most "diverse" people in the world. We all have our own cultures but what Europeans have together as one was/is Christianity. That is why even though there were ghettos of different peoples. Europeans assimilated the best into the American culture.

[@johnpatrick5307]

Scots, Scots/Irish, Irish - means the VERY SAME THING! How do you distinguish between them?

[@johnpatrick5307]

@Jose Stevenson If he's Scottish then then he contains just about everybody, anyway!: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17740638

[@bluemoon-pm5hv]

I ❤ your music,thank you for sharing . God bless you and yours❤

[@mikebarnett1007]

My moms family were Johnstons from southern Scotland originally. Got to NC. sometime in the 1700s.

[@UB107]

This fellow charts out a good possible vacation route for me and my wife to take in the near future.

[@jamessoutherland2199]

Wife is Black-Irish- Cherokee, I am White-Scottish-Cherokee. What a mix, we are not cousins. After 26 years we find that the Irish and Scotts get along very well.

[@werklich1]

@@hayden8491 Most times!

[@johnpatrick5307]

"Black Irish"? - go to Ireland and ask for the Black Irish!......

[@johnpatrick5307]

What IS the "Black Irish"?

[@leavesofdistinction1679]

Yes, they do! 🙂

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@knov314 "Black Irish" seems to be an American term - anything to do the irish down.".... - Like denying that the Irish fought for American independence, calling them "Scotch Irish", despite the fact that Washington's army celebrated St Patrick's Day and DNA tests have shown that the "Scotch Irish" WERE actually Irish! .... Have you any examples of actual "Black Irish" - or is it just made up?

[@BillOtinger]

Recently I visited 7 Countries in Europe with a UniRail Pass, I was in Dublin Ireland Lots of Drug addicts Young and Old sleeping on the Streets in the Rain I bought 20 Ponchoes and give them Out to keep people Dry, etc and Edinberg Scotland Rosslyn Chapel, Temple Scotland etc I will never go back to France too much Crime, I enjoyed SCOTLAND the Most of All, I served in the Military in Europe 8 Years, Got to Meet a Bunch of my Friends in London,

[@veronica0008]

Beautiful music thanks for sharing

[@erinbuckley1170]

YES!! Its here in Australia and New Zealand too! We traveled faaaar x I am Scotts/Irish Maori x

[@hanoitripper1809]

Many scots in otago haha

[@barbsmart7373]

@@hanoitripper1809 Kia ora My father often said about his family "We were more Scottish than the Scots". I don't know exactly what he meant, but they lived in South Otago, and his father played the Bagpipes. I think my grandfather helped the community a lot and they were generous people. He was the fire chief for many decades and that must have been voluntary work. My uncle and his son also have continued in the volunteer fire service for many more decades each. They made pikelets, were frugal and very poor. My ancestors that came there were labourers. I will find out as much as I can. Dad was keen on bagpipes. People who meet their grandparents are very lucky. But I think I am lucky living in Nes Zealand. Up until now I have really only thought very highly of my partner's Maori culture which I love. So this is great. Mum was into tartans, Scottish dancing and was frugal also.

[@1Wade9]

From Arkansas here... don't forget us! We're fully a part of that cultural tradition as well. When you guys played Bill Monroe's Back up and Push at the 20:30 mark I choked up and could barely hold back my tears. My grandfather (Guitar and Mandolin player) and grandmother (bass guitar) played that tune ever since I was a kid and I played it with them on guitar. Whenever we went to a jamboree to play music, that was one of the standards we always played. My Grandfather died in 98 and grandmother died just recently. When I hear this music it makes me feel like I'm a child again playing at their feet just like it was yesterday. It makes me so sad and happy at the same time. The only memories I have of my true heritage is through music like that. Thanks for educating me on the Scottish/Irish origins of it. I'm glad we all share this connection with each other through music from Arkansas to Tennessee and Kentucky, then to the Virginias, to Ireland and right back to Scotland!! God bless all the Celts of Britain and our ancestors!

[@stephenwebb9167]

Thank you for posting. I married into an Ulster Scott family from Staunton VA. We met, married and raised our kids in Maui HI and our two oldest have been drummers in the Maui pipe band. And attended the Highland games on Oahu HI.

[@yisraelforeman904]

Not just the bagpipes, but the Uilleann pipes as well. Each with its own unique sound. The sounds of the Bagpipes are a sound that you either instinctively love, as I do, or instinctively hate, for one reason or another, as some do. As for meself, I love the sound of the Bagpipes. I also love the sounds of the guitar and banjo. Catch Mean Mary on the fast banjo playing Iron Horse, or Flatt and Scruggs playing Dueling banjos, or Foggy Mountain Breakdown, or the Osborne brothers playing Rocky Top. You'll know what I mean. Both Johnny Cash, and Roseanne Cash play a wonderful version of Tennessee Flat Top Box, as well.

[@lindaeasley5606]

The Scots-Irish played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War.The Over Mountain Men were Scots-Irish living across the South Carolina border to the west . In 1780 they met up with the British led by Scotsman Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The OverMountain Men were outnumbered but defeated Ferguson and his men .Ferguson was killed . It is said to have turned the tide for the Patriots in the South ,who had till this battle ,suffered numerous defeats at the hands of the British

[@Kinsman19]

Great documentary. I really enjoyed this one. It's nice to see a bit of pride in the shared cultural heritage and music, rather than the pointless, bickering nonsense we see in some of the comments below.

[@frankmageean6027]

Our people brought joy, culture and art to the world

[@rollerpuppy2]

These are my roots!

[@danielowens9824]

Great music i visited Ireland for the first time last year and the music and atmosphere in the bars was fantastic

[@brucecollins4729]

well, irish music comes from scotland

[@tenhirankei]

I love the pipe and drum music! It's so powerful. I can understand why it has a military tradition. Hearing that coming before you even see the force allied against you must have been unnerving on the battlefield! That is before the roar of the tanks and droning of the aircraft overhead drowned it out.

[@misterpopeofficial.]

My sister, RIP, was an incredible Irish folk singer. She sang those songs perfectly as she played either banjo, fiddle, or guitar. My mother's side of the family descend from Belfast and the Lowlands, so it was no shock to me watching this knowing the sound and the songs of my people.

[@johnmartindoylemusic1610]

Enjoyed the music and people.

[@johnscott5662]

That was excellent! My grandparents, William and Jennie migrated from Ulster around 1900. I have to do an ancestry check before our legacy is forgotten. They didn’t talk much and didn’t take many photographs. They were to busy running their grocery store.

[@ehukaiteves]

The girl playing an African gourd banjo missed an important instrument the Scots Irish adapted - the Appalachian mountain dulcimer, which was played here about 50 years before the banjo. Wish the film makers had met Kimberly Dean at the same museum, who knows this history and plays the dulcimer beautifully in the old style.

[@PapaPhilip]

Beautiful instrument! It was brought over by German immigrants.

[@moodist1er]

@@PapaPhilip from China

[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZbin video which compares rare traditional recordings of Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4aqoIqtfLCqiaM Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

[@melvinmcmanus7046]

ENJOYED THE SCOTS-IRISH MUSICAL LEGACY IN THE USA VIDEO , MUST BE OF MY BLOOD LINE.. THANKS

[@fridaywolf4901]

oi this is some bloody good music.....BLOODY AMAZING...🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@christuttle3980]

Great informative video My 3rd Great Grandfather came from Dundee Scotland in 1826 moved to Osgoodee Ontario Canada then his Grandson Edward Robertson migrated west to Vancouver Island British Columbia where I live. One day soon will cross the pond and see where it all started in beautiful Scotland!

[@patrickcummins8666]

My family carries a Scottish heritage that begins in North America at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony in 1622. Before that we trace our roots back to 1300 / 1314, and the Highlands of Scotland.. The Irish side of the family traces it North American roots back to the 1760's and what most believe was the County Cork region of Ireland. The music manifests itself deep even today. The pipes speak to my soul as does the fiddle and banjo and mandolin from this side of the pond. Proud doesn't begin to express my love for my Scots-Irish heritage... Coming home to it more every day,,,,

[@johnpatrick5307]

Its IRISH heritage - the Scots came FROM Ireland and created Scotland!

[@gmaccruyff55]

@@johnpatrick5307 Some of them, not all of them!

[@joaniegreen2184]

I live 40 mins. Away from the great Smokey mountains in Tennessee Iam Scotch Irish. And Enjoyed this video soooo much! Thank you.❤️❤️❤️

[@newsflash66]

"The Ulster Scotts were a restless people; it was said they weren't happy until they moved twice" lol now I understand myself a little better

[@keithrussell2787]

Love this story. It is my heritage too. I am from the Apalachin foot hills of East Tenessee

[@johnpatrick5307]

Is that why they're so mixed?: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17740638

[@brucecollins4729]

should that not read the scots were a restless bunch having been forced over to ireland. then many would be forced out of ireland having been the a few years or even months. then on to the carolinas to jine their earlier scots kin.

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@brucecollins4729 They were forced out of Ireland? - it was the Irish who were forced out, surely. And DNA shows that the "Scotch Irish" WERE Irish.

[@brucecollins4729]

@@johnpatrick5307 as far as i read in some accounts the scots and native irish were at loggerheads an because of the unrest many scots planters left..ulster scots planters were mostly lowland scots, maybe with some scots gaels .

[@PeppieP]

I’m getting chills going up my spine listening to this music. My family are Scots-Irish (and Swedish??) don’t think we ever went to US but those tunes resonate in my Celtic soul. Parts of Virginia, North Carolina remind me of Scotland so much - wherever we travel we usually meet Scots-Irish. Loved this - thank you x

[@slowstang88]

I'm mostly German decent in North Georgia, there's so much Scottish and Irish influence in everything.

[@tommyswoodpileadventuresan5940]

That was fun trip. Looks like you were blessed with nice weather. Thank you.

[@JohnnyRebKy]

They have highland games in Glasgow Kentucky every year. I've been several times. Lots of Scott influence in Kentucky. The town I live near is called Scottsville 👍 Our thick accent in Kentucky is heavily influenced by our Scott Irish ancestors. Many words we still use sound very Scott Irish.

[@brucecollins4729]

many of your words are scottish due to earlier scots settlers. that,s where the scots took it to ulster also.

[@ea42455]

Maybe not the mountains of Appalachia, but until the development of good roads and a transportation system, venturing out of the hills & hollers found of central Kentucky wasn't an everyday or even weekly event. Traditions, foods, and speech patterns of generations past were maintained and change was slow and gradual. But times are a' changin' fast. Soon all those old ways will be learned only from a volume in the Foxfire folklife series.

[@JohnnyRebKy]

@@ea42455 totally agree. Much of it is gone already and those of us who preserve it are called hicks and hillbillies. But that’s fine with me. I’m a hillbilly and proud of it

[@NBportofino]

Which words or expressions?

[@MifaMila58]

A mistake, Mark Wilson says Leslie Riddle who helped A. P. Carter collect songs was Irish, no, he was African American. www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=14

[@tammystansell406]

After my ancestors immigrated, most did travel the Great Wagon Road south prior to the Revolution. Settling in the foothills of the Smokies. My parents left in the 1950s and moved to Florida. Dad told stories of travelling to his Uncle Picks, where they would have a hollow hootenanny, all sorts of family and friends would show up. Music, dancing, singing and I might imagine some "mountain dew" as well. (For the Babtist members of the family for purely medicinal purposes. ) Another skill brought to Appalachia with the Ulster Scots! Good stuff! Thank you.

[@TravisHyllMusic]

Very informative video. I've seen some comments I'd like to weigh in on. I was born and raised in North Carolina. 1/4 of my family is rooted here to colonial times and the rest of my colonial ancestors had moved west as territories expanded. The English were the first come to Virginia and New England, explore, and settle into the back country of the colonies beginning in the 1600's. The Ulster Scots didn't start coming en masse until the mid 1700's. I have personally traced all branches of my family back to Europe and I have 0% Ulster Scots ancestry. My family (Little, Pace, Short, and many others) came overwhelmingly from England, near Birmingham, London, the Isle of Skye, Cornwall and also from Swansea, Wales. One branch (MacQueen, later Queen) came from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. You can listen to the traditional dialects of East and West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, and Isle of Wight, England in this video and hear the direct connection to Southern American dialects. Although the Ulster Scots did indeed settle many areas, there were English people there before however Englishness eventually became unpopular due to post-Revolutionary American identiy so people identified with other groups, inluding Cherokee when they posess little to no native heritage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYGtqYZqaKesj6c

[@j673-e3n]

Great comment. Indeed over half the white population of the US was English. By 1700 the population was 25m so maybe there were 18m English decendents there at this time when the Ulster Scots first migrated. These were protestants who were effectively at war with the Irish following the Ulster Plantation by Scottish lowlanders and a few northern English. But even during these periods there was still a steady flow from England. So the roots of the US are firmly English. I always assumed that it was just fashionable to find one Irish or Scottish relelation and to claim descent. Your comment on the WoI now clears that up. I am always intrigued about how a lot of Americans supported the cause of the IRA not understanding the history of Ulster Plantation 400 years ago. Also strange that not so many Welsh emigrated. There were some settlements in the US which became absorbed but the also settled in Patagonia and still speak Welsh today!

[@1558k]

wonderful presentation

[@buzz-es]

Thank you. People tend to forget their roots, values and traditions.

[@basskat1440]

If you can remain still listening to this kinda music you may want to check your pulse. It’s simple yet lyrical, telling a story through sound and word. To the originators, it was their heart and soul; a reason to rejoice.

[@billbass9409]

my family was influential in forming Tennessee after the revolution. the Colonel was awarded six hundred acres next to what is now Dollywood!

[@leavesofdistinction1679]

The shot towards the end of the mountains. I felt one word. HOME. 🙂

[@DementedCaver]

Shows like this make me want to save up to take a trip for a couple of weeks....sometime before I croak.....to either Scotland or Ireland. Although, it would probably be Scotland.

[@WHDeb]

Scotland is an amazingly varied and wondrous country. You need considerable time to experience the remarkable difference between north, south, and in between!

[@tenhirankei]

I hate to say it, but I'd have to include to visit to Loch Ness. Just out of curiosity mind you, I'm not really expecting to see Nessie!

[@GOTTshua]

Have you made your trip over the pond yet?

[@DementedCaver]

@@GOTTshua I have not. :P

[@patriciajrs46]

Beautiful history. I love Patsy Cline. Country music, solid gold roots are wonderful.

[@connynichols4751]

Bravo!!! Absolutely loved this documentary. So well researched, so fantastically supported by outstanding musicians who endeavor to keep traditions alive for our future generations. As big a fan as I am of both, blue grass and country music, I found this excellent documentary very educational and moving. I am however wondering why he left out the other equally important arm of these Irish and Scottish influences so identifiable in mountain music. I wish I had seen this rich music discussed as well.

[@susanhawk8730]

My husband is from Oklahoma and I am from the Piedmont of NC. We met on a blind date. We have a common ancestor from Northern Ireland with the last name of Joyce. They immigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland and their original name was Joass. Later they came to America. I think there is a website for the descendants of this family. Later I found another common ancestor with the last name of Holland. Crazy!