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Music Monday – “Now Campbeltown Loch is a beautiful place/But the price of the whiskey is grim/How nice it would be if the whiskey was free/And the Loch was filled up to the brim”

One of the best things about traveling is the people you meet.

I met a young guy from Scotland at the Banff Hot Spring and during our conversation, mentioned my grandmother was born in Campbeltown, Scotland.

He asked if I knew this old folk song and I admitted that I didn’t (though I quickly filed it away as an idea for my next Music Monday selection!)

We talked about how surprised he was to see the amount of people/activities celebrating Scottish heritage in Canada and how that doesn’t even happen in his home country.  I tried to provide my own song recommendation – “The Old Sod” by Spirit of the West – but he happened to know this song/band due to the influence of a cousin Vancouver!

“Campbeltown Loch, I Wish You Were Whisky” – Andy Stewart

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