A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sung Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.4 26.6 12.8 0 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences6350 8 0 0 0 5
Number of authors29 19 6 4

Occurrences of sung in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
haur is this bonnie sang bein sung on page 10

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
wirds, ah'm siccar, that were sung by the animals o times bygane on page 6

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
aterial, they were aye gettin sung baith here an abroad. It's we on page 70
The sangs kept on gettin sung fer the reason they mindit fo on page 72

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
, fan een o his ain hymns wis sung, an tributes were peyd by kin on page 4

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
r that oor sangs are aye bein sung an new yins made tae jyne the on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rctic an the Aurora are still sung aboot the day. Nou it wis a h on page 36
To hear your name sung on the street. on page 114
come thegither an sangs were sung, squibs let aff, an a guid ti on page 125

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
he'd hae sung aa bluidy nicht, 'Willie brew on page 116

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd Aboot Sang that Has Tae Be Sung in the Snaw.' on page 4
Sae efter he had sung this, he heezed himsel up aff on page 52
the best sangs he had €ver sung. Sae he cairried On singin it on page 53
t's,' said Pooh, efter he had sung this tae himsel three times. on page 140
. For never afore had onybody sung haw for on page 143

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ot they were said rather than sung. The sangs in the buik were s on page 62

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
es because the haill nine wis sung thegither, and the last twa ( on page 33

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
the parteecular lines tae be sung, unexpeckit unnerstaunin o th on page 69

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
arm now, an' they'll never be sung mair'. on page 116

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
We aa myn the kinna sangs we sung in the playgrunn whan we war on page 129

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
tho teems wi heroes, sung and unsung.
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
e aw stood in the open-air an sung twa psalms, listened tae twa

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
hearin guid Scots spoken and sung, frae Burns sangs tae the Bro
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
ow us whoat Ye cun dae!” We sung twa songs tae thaim an’ wee
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
nth. The sang wis gaun tae be sung bi Shona Donaldson frae Huntl
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
o street fowksang (It cuid be sung tae "Weel may the keel row")a
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
This wis based oan a Blues sung by The Corries, when Beth hea
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Emotions sung, loudly an' long.
ower of Scotland passionately sung at Murrayfield when Scotland
Oor nation's pride, sung loud an' long,
n tae the Playhouse flare an' sung Flower of Scotland. Tae me it
Oan Devolution’s dawn you sung,
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ang, “Auld Lang Syne”, is sung aw ower the wurld tae see in
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Scots naitional anthem an wis sung bi Cathy Peattie MSP at the o
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Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
our praise an fawm is richtly sung,
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
y crowd o aw ages, psalms wur sung, prayers said, a challengin f

@IshbelMcF tweeted
. The explanatory coda, also sung/chanted, to underline the thr(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
oin shoppin luved it !!! We'd sung it in oor Scots Leid lessons. (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
o_kay. Sinsyne I’ve had that sung tae the tune o Beyoncé’s Al(2020) search twitter
ergusson’s Auld Reikie album sung bi Rod Paterson. https://t.co(2020) search twitter

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t wi himsel neen the less. He sung songs that her mither said he on page 17

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Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
syne at sorra tale wis sung on page 84

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
eir praises in the press were sung For playin whist an deliverin on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bi rare? Wi'd bi in hivven," sung Morrice, loupin oan Joyce an on page 38
lugs, es they linkit airms an sung aa the wye hame. on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ain a hen's neck, the smell o sung hair fullin the air as she cl on page 91

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
psalm teens (they warna aften sung in's ain kirk) but he jynes i on page 24

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@d_anderson878 tweeted
e braw anes on o FB. Nae jist sung like, bit translatit fir the (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r ye, an ye wudnae daunce; we sung a dirge tae ye, an ye wudnae on page 9
e ye, an ye wudnae daunce. We sung a dirge tae ye, an ye wudnae on page 81

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Then perched in oak tha owl sung on page 47

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Then the boys aa in Grane sung C'mon ye Bhoys, an Ole Ole, w on page 29

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
rds noo naw as plentifu, they sung fae ivery tree,
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