The Scottish song Annie Laurie is about Annie, the daughter of the first Baronet, and her romance with William Douglas.
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Alicia Scott, née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (24 June 1810 – 12 March 1900) was a Scottish songwriter and composer known chiefly for the tune, "Annie Laurie", to which the words of a 17th-century poet, William Douglas, were set.
The birthplace of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, the inventor of the bicycle is just over a kilometre south of Penpont and between Penpont and Moniaive at Maxwelton House was the birthplace of Annie Laurie made famous in the song of that name and the subject of the 1927 movie also of that name.
It is not to be confused with a similarly titled song, co-written by Julius Dixson and Rudy Toombs, and recorded by Annie Laurie on De Luxe Records (1957).
Later, in the 1950s, British musician Gerard Hoffnung commissioned the London subcontrabass tuba for use in his comedic music festivals, and also commissioned a work: Variations on "Annie Laurie" (1956) by Gordon Jacob, specifically including the instrument.