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"Brochan Lom" is a Scottish Gaelic nonsense song about porridge. The tune is popular and appears frequently at Scottish country dances and ceilidhs. It falls into the category of "mouth music" (Puirt a beul), used to create music for dancing in the absence of instruments. It is a strathspey song and is commonly sung or played for the Highland Schottische (a popular ceilidh dance),[1] and for the Highland Fling.
As an instrumental tune, Brochan Lom is also known as The Orange And Blue, Katy Jones’, Kitty Jones, Kitty Jones’, The Orange & Blue Highland, Orange And Blue, The Orange And Blue Highland Fling.[2]
- ^ Learning and Teaching Scotland. "Music of Scotland: Strathspey - Brochan Lom". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ The Session (25 October 2003). "The Orange And Blue reel". Retrieved 1 November 2013.