Ellie Beaton, the new BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, wins the title at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.
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00:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:08We would really like to be giving six quakes looking exactly like this,
00:12but, unfortunately, it is a competition and we have one winner.
00:15And the winner of the 2025 BBC Radio Scotland
00:19Young Traditional Musician of the Year is...
00:23..Ellie Beaton.
00:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:39Now, as Ellie collects the winner's trophy,
00:42which will be engraved with her name for this year's...
00:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:50In 1911, Lloyd George took his side
00:54National insurance owed he to be pied
00:57By every man of the torocht in the land
01:01Including Rob Patterson's hard-working band
01:04Toodalay, toodaloo
01:08And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
01:12Toodalay, toodaloo
01:16And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
01:22High national insurance said Robbie nae fear
01:26Said he was owning the crew to appear
01:30High up said the judge, are you afraid I'm yell tired
01:34So the rest o' the fair must be pied, Robbie's fine
01:37Toodalay, toodaloo
01:41And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
01:45Toodalay, toodaloo
01:49And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
01:54In 1910, Vince was still over a year
01:59So the bailiffs, they pined to not Robbie's fight coup
02:03To pay off his debt, plus expenses on me
02:07They would auction the coup off in to the toots
02:10Toodalay, toodaloo
02:14And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
02:18Toodalay, toodaloo
02:22And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
02:29New liberty offered to pay for the coup
02:32So a riot o' the thousand folk he leered didn't see you
02:36And a stable near a luncheoneer hit a hide
02:40And they killed it, the boobies favourite side
02:43Toodalay, toodaloo
02:47And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
02:51Toodalay, toodaloo
02:55And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
03:01Signed the coup, she broke loose and went to wee her head
03:06Up wee her tail and awash she did speed
03:09She beringed a through Tara, though Files gave her rest
03:13Till she was catched and placed under arrest
03:17Toodalay, toodaloo
03:20And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
03:24Toodalay, toodaloo
03:28And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
03:34Signed the coup, she broke loose and went to wee her head
03:38Up wee her tail and awash she did speed
03:42She beringed a through Tara, though Files gave her rest
03:46Toodalay, toodaloo
03:50And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup
03:54Toodalay, toodaloo
03:58And the star o' the tower was the fight to the coup