Makem and Clancy......thank you. There are old souls from that time that are alive today. I am one of them. And I thank you.

"Where courage stands and dies alone, there shall songs be writ, And the men who fell shall all recall, that they fought and died for freedoms light." - DimacheWolf

NA GAEL ! The lyrics be damned. These were your and my people. If the pipes can raise your blood, then you are one of us.

@biodag-deargmaclachlan21

4 жыл бұрын

When you watch Braveheart once.

I'm Scots-Irish with a mix of Dutch, And I'm full proud to be descended from such courageous peoples. Where courage stands and dies alone, there shall songs be writ, And the men who fell shall all recall, that they fought and died for freedoms light.

They were born free and died free.

the best outfit tha ive heard do this .... an i usually side wi the corries .... theres power in Clancys voice here!

Rare. Sound it loud and high!

Liam is in great voice & good to hear Liam telling the story of what DID happened to my country at Colluden where we were Buthchered Thanks Liam

We do so much arguing over the death of freedom in our day. I think traditional songs like this that stirs blood and manly virtues does more than every bit of citing facts ever can. Keep singing and oppose those who would have us be slaves!

I love this song! Very relevant with what is going on now...

Brave men,, those were the days

The battle was indeed on Wednesday, 16 April, using the old calendar system. If one used the current calendar and looked for the equivalent day, it would be April 27 (Wednesday).

I love this song. That is all.

Great men in cruel and complex times.

April 16th now- respect brothers.

The Gaelic in the chorus is actually "Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham."

heard this many times

It is said. When a man who is born far from home, and hears the pipes. He is pulled the miles back to the flower that is known as Scottland!

@ronalddunne3413

5 жыл бұрын

Amen. Snips.. Something about the bags that stirs the blood! Follow the pipes.. all the way to Drumossie moor..

A bit like the Irish they were cleared off their land and scattered across the Globe.. . check out Luke Kelly singing 'Parcel of Rouges in a Nation' ye may like same...Fraternal greetings from County Cork....

This is not a song to listen to as the midnight approaches, unless you've the drink in you. Great stuff, but it stirred me to wakefulness.

Brilliant rendition...song was actually adapted as the theme song of former Irish Taoiseach Charles J Haughey, with lyrics by Donie Cassidy

Sound the pibroch

"Tha tighin fodham" - "it comes upon me" (to rise and follow Charlie) :-)

Love This Song.

To every man upon this earth death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his Gods?

Long live Bonnie prince Charlie and the Jacobites

yes sir, i now that ;D

@ThatsMrProducer2u There are thriving local cultures with their own songs, stories, accents, sayings, etc. in the U.S. (Appalachian, New England, Louisianan, Mid-Western, etc.) that all people in those areas should be able to identify with. Also there are still strong remnants of the original colonial & early Republic cultures which produced many American tall tales, folks songs, Old Time music, and (it's nearest modern relative) bluegrass. Many Americans see this as too "hick" though. Too bad.

It's a good song even if it is heavily wrong in it's build up. It was not only Scots in the Jacobite rebel army, there were many Irish rebels and Frenchmen in the army as well; the French were supporting the rebellion financially and with manpower. The British forces consisted of no mercenaries; instead it contained several Scottish units, some Irish and the rest English. The forces were about equally matched in terms of size, 8000 British - 7000 Jacobites. The Scots were not armed with only 'Clay-mores', it is estimated that only a 5th of the rebel army had swords and that most were equipped with fire-lock muskets, and even those with swords did not only have swords but a musket as well. Also, the Jacobites had artillery as well, in fact they had the same types of cannons the British used, the 3-pounder. The only advantage the British artillery had was mortars, which was not the main-stay of their artillery. Finally, the reason the Jacobites lost the battle was not a lack of quality or quantity in their army but because of their bad tactical decisions on the battlefield and the environment of the battlefield itself,(bogs are hard to move through).

@TheBluetwo26

4 жыл бұрын

Also, I forgot to mention that the British did not walk into the Highlands spontaneously and unprovoked. The Jacobite rebellion was in full swing, and it was Bonnie Charles army at the forefront of the rebellion. The Jacobites saw numerous outstanding victories for nearly a year throughout England before withdrawing back into Scotland. This was because the British were finally bringing together an army of size to defeat the rebellion, as most of the British military was dispersed throughout their colonial empire. It did not start as a war of ethnic cleansing, but rather the Stuart claim to the English throne, backed by the Highland clans, French nobility and Irish rebels. When the British came to the Highland to confront the Jacobites, they were given a situation where there would be no way to keep a population of its current size under complacent control. So they deported the worst of the clans to the new world for resettlement. 'Deported' not 'escape'. But most of the Highland Scots, after losing their military power and leadership in the war, were forced to assimilate into the Lowland Scots identity. The industrial revolution would be right around the corner, and it would be urbanization, industrialization, and mechanization that would eventually kill off the Highland identity, as with every generation that stayed in Lower Scotland's cities, or even further south in the rest of England. The Highlands were not 'cleansed', those who lived there left either by force (because they were trouble) or by choice (because of the industrial era).

Tha anti -Scottish independence group seem to have lost sight of the only important point, that Scotland was not a province or a county, but a proud and independent country with a rich and glorious history of it's own , and that the scots see themselves as Scots , not as Britons. Asked the country of their birth 99% answer "Scotland" ,in fact I have never heard the question answered otherwise in all my 66 years. A passport that says "Passport of Scotland " would warm my heart, Alba Gu Brath !

yes sir ;D

@ThatsMrProducer2u I've just finished reading about Alex de Tocqueville while listening to Johnny Cash, eating my cheeseburger while wearing jeans and planning my Halloween party and wondering where I'll watch the next Boston Red Socks match. Nothing wrong with being Irish but to say that Americans have no heritage????

Cumberland was able to defeat a smaller and weaker army but when he met an army that was his match they sent him running. Cuimhnigidh ar Luimneach agus feall na Sassonach

Erin go bragh!

@galicmyst

7 жыл бұрын

82Snips

@jameswaters9969

4 жыл бұрын

And Alba go bragh forever

@Atruebornirishman You will most likely get what you want. You will reap the rewards of modernity, and, when these idols lie in ashes and shambles, one hopes that you may understand your folly.

I think it's important the listener knows what the song is about.

Culloden wasn't fought to establish Scottish independence. It was part of a dynastic war between the Stuarts (deposed in 1688) and the House of Orange and later the Hanoverians. Bonnie Prince Charlie wanted to be King of Great Britain. Scotland would have retained it's position as part of the United Kingdom. Considering what a lousy general the Young Pretender was (having your army charge through a swamp against artillery is not a good idea) his possible abilities as king are dubious.

while Makem & Clancy were *GREAT* story tellers, their information *WASN'T* always accurate, as, according to Google, April 16, 1746 was a *SATURDAY*

My 6great grandmother wrote this song

Good song, though I do prefer Alex Beaton's voice I appreciate the preservation of the original "Tha tighin fodham, fodham" (Beaton doesn't know any Gaidhilg so he replaced it with "I will rise and follow, follow")

Quite... but what does Scotland intend to do with independence once given? How will Scotland remain independent separate of England in the face of EU integration? If it doesn't, what is the point? To have a passport that reads "Passport of Scotland?" I am genuinely curious... not just arguing...

Again, though, what is the chance that a SNP government would not, instead of following London, instead choose to follow Brussels? The other trouble is with this is that in a Federal system like Canada or Germany or the U.S, Citizens of one state can move between states... what is to stop immigrants (Polish or Pakistani) from simply crossing from England?) --- Anyone with even the casual interest in Canadian politics can tell you that the bloc Q. got the best of the deal..

I believe that scotland would do most wonderfully on her own, with the pride of country the /scots people already have in ample quantity,they would thrive ,not perish , and would for the first time control their own destiny. Scotland would control immigration not Britain, asymmetrical federalism as we have in Canada where Quebec which has French origins controls it's own immigration and taxation,it might not have to be full independence.A simple change from United Kingdom to United Kingdoms !

wow so many mistakes in the lyrics :)

@Atruebornirishman The Celtic Tiger was the main cause of our down turn. The Grand Slam? Yea that's smart, celebrating an English sport. Our native language is near extinct because of the invaders to our country. I hope your happy with yourself.

@aaron234567890987643 was reading through comments and got massive goosebumps readin this. alba go bragh, tiocfaigh ar la

Not one of my favourite versions of this

Although it was a tragedy, it should be remembered that there were probably as many Scots fighting with Cumberland as English. Likewise, there were many English (and French and Irish) fighting with Stuart. It was not really a Scots versus English battle, rather a Jacobite/Hanoverian conflict. Even though I like Liam, the version by Kat Eggleston is much better than this -- you can actually hear all the words!

As a simple perusal of my profile might tell you... I am NOT English (or Scottish) and have no dog in this fight. --- I still think that a Socialist state, (more socialistic than Britain under New Labour) is untenable and will rapidly become as isolated and as unimportant to the general EU as is the Republic of Ireland. --- The point of the whole European project is to limit the independence of the small nations. s

@aaron234567890987643 was reading through comments and got massive goosebumps readin this. alba go bragh, tiocfaigh ar la