Iona Fyfe singing 'The Mill O' Tifty's Annie'

Aberdeenshire quine Iona Fyfe singing 'The Mill O' Tifty's Annie' at Annie's gravestone in Fyvie. The song is about a doomed love between a weathly lass and a lowly musician. The family wished for the lass to be married to the Lord of Fyvie and they became angry when Anges fell in love with the castle trumpeter. Her father was a wealthy miller, William Smith, who lived at Mill o' Tifty, Aberdeenshire, about half a mile north-east of Fyvie Castle. Legend has it the trumpeter still haunts the castle and when a lord of Fyvie dies you can hear him sound his horn!
Iona is an internationally accliamed singer from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 2021, she became the first singer to win the coveted title of Musician of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. She is an outstanding Scots singer and has led successful campaigns which have resulted in the language becoming recognised internationally.
Iona can be seen here at St Peter's Parish Church in Fyvie.
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