Mary Maxwell Campbell (19 November 1812 – 15 January 1886)[1] was a Scottish songwriter, composer, and poet known chiefly for the song "March of the Cameron Men".
Her first and most famous piece, "The March of the Cameron Men" first appeared in print in James Davie's Caledonian Repository in 1829 when she was just 16.
She produced a series of songs with music for children and her pieces were included in many anthologies of Scottish poets in her own lifetime.
[8] In 2018, as part of Minerva Scientifica, a project run by the National Library of Scotland, the lyrics to "March of the Cameron Men" were reworked by Frances M Lynch and Herbie Clark and recorded as "The March of the Women of Science" to celebrate the link between women scientists and composers.
A Guide to an Imagined Scotland, a fictional exhibit to Campbell features in the "Magdalene" Trust Museum and Gardens.