Cultural References
The Tay is mentioned in William McGonagall's poems The Tay Bridge Disaster and Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay and the German poet Theodor Fontane has mentioned the Tay in his poem Die Brück' am Tay. It is mentioned in the Steeleye Span song "The Royal Forester". Many Rolls-Royce civil aero-engines are named after British rivers, one of which is the Rolls-Royce Tay.
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