Interesting Folk Yuri Gagarin This song is in praise of the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who, on 12 April 1961, became the first man to go into space and orbit the Earth.The song was written in Glesga language by Glasgow actor and writer Roddy McMillan, to the tune of ‘Johnny’s … The Queen's Four Maries This is an ancient and tragic ballad of what happened at the Edinburgh court of the young Mary Queen of Scots.The Queen’s Four Maries as widely sung has only a few verses set in Edinburgh, in which Mary Hamilton laments that she is to die, … Share on Twitter Share on Facebook