"Jamie Raeburn" is a traditional Scottish song about penal transportation. Jamie Raeburn is reputed to have been a baker in Glasgow before being sentenced for petty theft, although he was allegedly innocent, and then sent out to the colonies as punishment.[1]
According to the National Library of Scotland the lyrics to the song were probably published between 1840 and 1850.[2]
In Robert Ford's 'Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland: With Many Old and Familiar Melodies' (1901) he writes the following in relation to the song:
Tannahill Weavers, a Scottish folk group, have performed the song.