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'Wha'll Be King But Charlie?' is a Scottish Jacobite song that dates back to the 18th century. The song expresses support for Charles Edward Stuart, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, who led the Jacobite uprising in 1745 in an attempt to restore the exiled Stuart monarchy to the British throne.
The lyrics of the song reflect the sentiments of those who were loyal to the Jacobite cause and Charles Stuart. The title itself is a rhetorical question, challenging the legitimacy of the Hanoverian rulers and stating that Charles is the rightful heir to the throne.
The song captures the fervour and passion of the Jacobite supporters who believed in the Stuart claim to the crown. It was often sung by Jacobite sympathizers during the rebellion and became a symbol of resistance against the Hanoverian monarchy.
'The Wee German Lairdie' is a Scottish Jacobite song that originated during the 18th century, around the time of the 1715 Jacobite uprising. The Jacobite cause was made up from supporters of the exiled Stuart monarchy and opposed the Hanoverian rulers. The song reflects the sentiments of the Jacobite movement and their discontent with the Hanoverian rule.
The 'Wee German,' is a reference to King George I, who was elector of Hanover and criticised by the Jacobite supporters as a foreign ruler. The lyrics of the song express a combination of political discontent, national pride, and a call for loyalty to the exiled Stuarts. Many Jacobite songs, including "The Wee German Lairdie," were often sung in gatherings or in taverns where Jacobites would gather.
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Cock O' The North - Regimental March of the Gordon Highlanders. Shown with images of the regiment during the Napoleonic Wars and Victorian era up until WW1.
Cock o'the North is a 6/8 military march, bagpipe tune and jig. The title comes from the nickname of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, who in 1794 raised the 92nd Regiment of Foot, which later became the Gordon Highlanders.
The tune has always been a march used by the Gordon Highlanders, although it did not become the official regimental march until 1933, when it replaced Hielan' Laddie. Although strongly associated with the Gordons, it was used by other Highland regiments, too.
At the Siege of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, 12-year-old Drummer Ross of the 93rd Highlanders signalled the arrival of his regiment to the besieged garrison, by climbing the spire of the Shah Najaf Mosque and playing "Cock o' the North" on his bugle, while under heavy fire from the rebel forces.
In 1897, during an attack by the Gordon Highlanders on the Dargai Heights, which were held by Afridi tribesmen during the Tirah campaign, Piper George Findlater won the Victoria Cross for continuing to play a regimental march while wounded in both feet. The official statement did not give the name of the tune he played; some accounts state that it was "Haughs of Cromdale" which was the Regimental Charge-tune, others claim it was "Cock of the North". Finlater's own account says that he did not hear an order to play "Cock of the North", and played "Cromdale" on his own initiative.
Besides the Gordons, the tune is, or has been, an official march for the following units:
48th Highlanders of Canada
85th Nova Scotia Highlanders
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Royal Canadian Regiment.
41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
Gonnema Regiment
32 Service Battalion
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THIS PRESENT VIDEO:
The piper walks from the North Quire Aisle to The Dean’s Cloister. Saturday 17 April 2021
A little background:
Pipe Major Colour Sargent Peter Grant, 4th Battalion The Highlanders Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The office of Garter Principal King of Arms, part of whose announcement we hear in this video, has existed since 1415.
The current holder of the office is Thomas Woodcock.
A lament for the army of James IV, the flower of Scottish manhood, slain with their king on the field of Flodden, September 1513. The composition of this song began with a fragment of a very old ballad. Mrs Patrick Cockburn of Ormiston drew on this fragment to write a full song. Then in the mid 18th century Miss Jane Elliot, daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto, Lord Chief Justice Clerk of Scotland, drew on Mrs Cockburn’s work to make this lyric a much finer piece of work.
Others add: the Scottish "Forest" was a district and Royal forest comprising Selkirkshire (alternatively known as Ettrick Forest or the Shire of the Forest), large parts of Peeblesshire and parts of Clydesdale, known for its archers. The archers of Ettrick Forest earned the epithet "Flowers of the Forest" at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, and formed the bodyguard of King James IV at Flodden (September 1513), where their corpses were found surrounding their dead monarch.
Poet Jean Elliot wrote lyrics for the ancient tune sometime about 1757. Her refrain is haunting, “The Flooers of the Forest are a’ wede awa’ “. Translated from Scots dialect, it means, “The Flowers of the Forest are all wilted away.”
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Today's #"SlowAirSunday features the beautiful tune "Rowan Tree" and gorgeous landscape of the Fairy Glen on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The Rowan tree that this tune is written about is steeped in Myth and Lore that is well known to those who live in Scotland. My first encounter with this sacred Tree was in 2012 and I quickly learned a few lessons about the Rowan from a local that I have adopted as my Highland Mum. These Tree's are planted near sacred places and are never to be cut down unless you want trouble from the Fae (Fairy Folk). You will see these beautiful tree's near Stone Circles, Sparkling waters and high in the Hilltops. The Berries may entice you to reach out and pick them....BUT trust me when I say, "DON'T PICK THE BERRIES!!!" You will thank me later for these words of warning. Just as an FYI the Berries you see me holding in my hand were found on the ground.
The Lore of the Rowan Tree:
The Rowan tree is one of the most sacred trees in Scottish folk tradition. Scottish tradition does not allow the use of the tree’s timber, bark, leaves or flowers, nor the cutting of these, except for sacred purposes under special conditions. Rowan is one of the trees associated with Saint Brighid, the Celtic patroness of the arts, healing, smithing, spinning and weaving. Spindles and spinning wheels were traditionally made of Rowan in Scotland and Ireland. Rowan trees planted near stone circles in Scotland were especially powerful. Scottish Fairies were said to hold their celebrations within stone circles protected by Rowan trees. Modern interpretations of the Celtic Ogham place Rowan, called Luis, as the sacred tree of February. In America, the Rowan is usually referred to as Mountain Ash. Most sources maintain that the word ‘Rowan’ is derived from the Norse word rune, which means charm or secret, and runa, which is Sanskrit for the magician. However according to Elizabeth Pepper, Rowan is a Scottish word, derived from the Gaelic rudha-an, which means ‘the red one’.
Ancient Bards considered the Rowan the ‘Tree of Bards’, bringing the gift of inspiration.
Article by: druidry.org
As a Bagpiper we are usually introduced to this tune along with a set of two other tunes; Scotland the Brave, Rowan Tree and Wings. These three tunes we learn as a new beginner Bagpiper joining the world of Pipe Bands and Competition.
History of the tune:
The Rowan Tree is a Scottish song written by Perthshire-born Lady Nairne (1766-1845), a song writer and collector of Scottish songs.
Carolina Oliphant, (Lady Nairne), 1766-1845, wrote these song lyrics for the tune (the origin of which is unknown). Rowan Tree appeared in R. A. Smith's Scottish Minstrel (1822).
Lady Nairne was a song collector and wrote some of Scotland's best-known songs. Some of her songs and prose have been attributed to Robert Burns, Walter Scott or James Hogg.Tune Lyrics:
"Rowan Tree" By Carolina Oliphant, (Lady Nairne)
Oh! rowan tree, oh! rowan tree,
Thou'lt aye be dear to me,
En twin'd thou art wi' mony ties
O' hame and infancy.
Thy leaves were aye the first o' spring,
Thy flow'rs the simmer's pride;
There was na sic a bonnie tree
In a' the countrie side.
Oh! rowan tree.
How fair wert thou in simmer time,
Wi' a' thy clusters white,
How rich and gay thy autumn dress,
Wi' berries red and bright.
On thy fair stem were mony names,
Which now nae mair I see;
But thy're engraven on my heart,
Forgot they ne'er can be.
Oh! rowan tree.
We sat aneath thy spreading shade,
The bairnies round thee ran,
They pu'd thy bonnie berries red,
And necklaces they strang;
My mither, oh! I see her still,
She smiled our sports to see,
Wi' little Jeanie on her lap,
And Jamie on her knee.
Oh!, rowan tree.
Oh! there arose my father's prayer
In holy evening's calm;
How sweet was then my mother's voice
In the Martyr's psalm!
Now a'are gane! We meet nae mair
Aneath the rowan tree,
But hallowed thoughts around thee
Turn o'hame and infancy.
Oh! rowan tree.
Filming by: Mukmuk Produkt
Recording by Tress Maksimuk
filmed on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
Fairy Glen
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