There Grows a Bonnie Brier Bush explained

There Grows a Bonnie Brier Bush, originally The Bonnie Brier Bush,^[1] is a traditional Scottish music folk song. It was included with expanded lyrics in Burns' Scots Musical Museum in 1797.^[2] Ian Maclaren included part of the song lyrics in the preface to his bestselling collection of stories set in Scotland, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1894). A series of theatrical versions and the 1921 film The Bonnie Brier Bush followed.

The song notes the country kailyard (kale yard).

Notes and References

1. Book: Rogers, Charles. The Modern Scottish Minstrel; Or, The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century: With Memoirs of the Poets, and Sketches and Specimens in English Verse of the Most Celebrated Modern Gaelic Bards. 215. bonnie brier scottism musical museum.. July 7, 1855. A. & C. Black. Internet Archive.
2. Web site: The Scottish Minstrel: The Songs of Scotland Subsequent to Burns, with Memoirs of the Poets. Charles. Rogers. July 7, 1885. W. P. Nimmo. Google Books.