Stanley Robertson (8 June 1940 – 2 August 2009[1]) was a Scottish storyteller, author, ballad singer, and piper.

From his aunt, folk singer Jeannie Robertson, and others including his father,[3] he inherited a huge repertoire of northeast ballads.

His storytelling was affected by the different trades at which he worked, including his long years spent filleting in the Aberdeen fish houses, where he gathered many contemporary stories.

[6] In June 2003, he represented the University of Aberdeen and Scotland at the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.[7] He published three plays and seven books, some written in his local Scots dialect.

A musical about Robertson's life by Kyle Jarrow and Bright Lights, Big City composer Paul Scott Goodman tentatively titled Reek Roon is currently under development, reportedly commissioned by Fela!