Geographical and Historical Allusions
It is just possible that the song refers to the time of capture of the Fyvie Castle by Montrose's Royalist army in 1644. (A large part of this army was Irish, but they were not dragoons.) However, it is probably better not to read strong historical associations into the song. The song is set in Fyvie, a small town with a historic castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Some sources claim that the original song suggests the region of Fife (as the Fair Maid of Fife), but the references to the River Ythan, Aberdeen and other locations near Fyvie like Gight, confirm that the original song was set in Fyvie, Scotland.
Read more about this topic: The Bonnie Lass O' Fyvie
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