Highland Laddie - Quick March of the Scots Guards

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Highland Laddie Pipes and Drums version

"Highland Laddie", also known as "Hielan' Laddie", is the name of a Scottish popular folk tune but as with many old melodies various sets of words can be sung to it, of which Robert Burns's poem "Highland Laddie" is probably the best known. 

Highland Regiments raised in the 18th and early 19th centuries employed many unique symbols to differentiate themselves from other regiments and enlisted distinctive music to announce their arrival, but as a result of the Cardwell Reforms of 1881, all British Army Highland Regiments were required to use "Highland Laddie" as their regimental march. Over time, many of these regiments had managed to return to their pre-Cardwell marches when, in March 2006, the establishment of the Royal Regiment of Scotland saw the disappearance of all Scotland's historic infantry regiments and their distinctions, including music, and the adoption of a new regimental march, "Scotland the Brave".

"Highland Laddie" continues to be the regimental march of a number of Commonwealth regiments with Scottish affiliations. Some of these regiments include:
United Kingdom

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

The Scots Guards

The London Scottish

The Tyneside Scottish

Canada

42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada

The Cape Breton Highlanders formerly 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders

The Essex and Kent Scottish

48th Highlanders of Canada

The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment

The Calgary Highlanders

Australia

16th Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia)

41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (The Byron Regiment)

The Adelaide Universities Regiment

3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

New Zealand

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish)

Republic of India

9 Gorkha Rifles (1st Battalion 9 Gorkha Rifles)

Sri Lanka

Gemunu Watch