Scottish vs Irish Trad?

[DerryMan]

The Barns O' Beneuches is a nice wee Scots tune. It's tiny 'cause it's a song rather than a dance. Like a lot of Irish and Scots tunes in the same mode I get an image of a lad or lassie tripping down a country lane on the way to a pleasurable evening out. T'would make a good movie sound clip.

I note that some Scots classics like Tam O' Linn have made it over to the Appalachin (?) mountains - albeit a tad tapsle teery (topsy turvy)and boned out in the process. Any posters from that neck of the woods like to point me to good tunes from there? I love the way Tam adjusts to the US climate wearing the wool side out to keep cool in the American summer. Here's the Scots song /poem.

W:Tam o' the linn had nae breeks to wear,
W:He coft him a sheep's skin to mak him a pair,
W:The fleshy side oot, the woolly side in,
W:"It's fine summer cleeding," quo' Tam o' the linn.
W:
W:Tam o' the linn, he had three bairns,
W:They fell in the fire, in ilk ither's airms;
W:"Oh," quo' the boonmost, "I've got a het skin;"
W:"It's hetter below," quo' Tam o' the linn.
W:
W:Tam o' the linn gaed to the moss,
W:To seek a stable to his horse;
W:The moss was open, and Tam fell in,
W:"I've stabled mysel'," quo' Tam o' the linn.
W:
W:2.
W:Tam o' Lin's daughter scho sat on the stair,
W:And, "wow," quo scho, "Father, am na I fair?
W:There's mony ane wed wi an unwhiter skin."
W:"The deil whorl't aff," quo Tam o' the Lin.
W:
W:Tam o' Lin's daughter scho sat on the brig,
W:And, "wow," quo scho, "Father, am na I trig?"
W:The brig it brak, and she tummel'd in--
W:"Your tocher's paid," quo Tam o' the Lin.

Alternative:
W:Tam o' the Linn and his wife's mither,
W:They fell baith in the fire thegither,
W:Tam being undermost gat a brunt skin,
W:"Take turn about, mither," quo Tam o' the Linn.
K:G
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ded dBA|GEF G-AB|Bee edB|BAA A2B/^c/|
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[cowtime]

How about Billy in the Lowground? for a good ole appalachian tune. I'm from the coalfields of southwest VA- a true hillbilly, so can give you a few tunes that I grew up with. Also(and I'm sure you'll recognize some of these) Down in the Willow Garden is a nice slow tune. Banks of the Ohio, Redwing, Sourwood Mountain, John Henry, John Hardin,
Soldier's Joy,Cripple Creek, Red Haired Boy, Boilin' Cabbage Down, Battle of New Orleans.
I don't have any music to these, just got them from the older folks as a kid.