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Annie Laurie ...... page 3

Auld Lang Syne ...... page 3

Bonnie Dundee ...... page 3

Bonnie Wee Jeannie McColl ...... page 4

"Cam' Ye By Athol? ...... page 4

"Donald Where's Your Troosers? ...... page 5

Flower of ...... page 5

"Hail to Clanranald ...... page 5

I Belong to Glasgow ...... page 6

Just a Wee Deoch an' Doris ...... page 6

"Leezie Lindsay ...... page 6

Loch Lomand ...... page 7

" ...... page 7

(The) Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen ...... page 8

Road to the Isles ...... page 8

Roamin' in the Gloamin' ...... page 9

Scotland the Brave ...... page 9

(A) Scottish Soldier ...... page 10

Scots, Wha Hae ...... page 11

"Skye Boat Song ...... page 11

These Are My Mountains ...... page 11

We're No Awa' ...... page 12

Wild Mountain Thyme ...... page 12

Will Ye No Come Back Again? ...... page 12

"Clan Donald Songs r ANNIE LAURIE BONNIE DUNDEE

Maxwellton braes are bonnie, A song which celebrates Where early fa's the dew, John Graham of Claverhouse And it's there that Annie Laurie (Bonnie Dundee) who led the Gied me her promise true. Jacobites out of the 1689 Gied me her promise true, Convention and raised the Which ne'er forgot shall be, standard for James II. And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. To the Lords of Convention, 'twas Claverhouse spoke, Her brow is like the snowdrift, Ere the King's crown go down Her neck is like the swan, there are crowns to be broke, Her face it is the fairest So each Cavalier that loves That e'er the sun shone on. honour and me, That e'er the sun shone on, Let him follow the bonnets And dark blue is her e'e, o' Bonnie Dundee. And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Come fill up my cup and fill up my can, Like dew on the gowan lying Come saddle my horses Is the fa' o' her fairy feet, and call up my men, And like winds in summer sighing, Unhook the westport and Her voice is low and sweet. let us gae free, Her voice is low and sweet, For it's up with the And she's a' the world to me bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee. And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Dundee he is mounted, he rides up the street, The bells they ring backward, AULD LANG SYNE the drums they are beat, But the provost said, Should auld acquaintance be forgot Just e'en let it be, And never brought to mind? For the toun is wee! rid Should auld acquaintance be forgot of that deil o' Dundee.' And days of Auld Lang Syne? Come fill up my cup . ..

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear, There are hills beyond Pentland, For Auld Lang Syne, and lands beyond forth, We'll take a cup of kindness yet, If there's lords in the south, For Auld Lang Syne. there are chiefs in the north, There are brave Duinnewassals And there's a hand, my trusty fiere, three thousand times three, And g!e's a hand of thine, Will cry 'Hey for the bonnets And 2e'll taka right gude willy waught o' Bonnie Dundee.' For Auld Lang Syne. Come fill up my cup ..

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear, 'Then awa' to the hills, For Auld Lang Syne, to the lea, to the rocks, We'll take a cup of kindness yet, Ere I own a usurper, For Auld Lang Syne. I'll crouch with the fox, And tremble false Whigs in the midst o' your glee, Ye hae no seen the last o' my bonnets and me.' Come fill up my cup .

3 CAM' YE BY ATHOL?

Cam' ye by Athol, o lad with the philabeg, Down by the cummel or the banks of the Garry? And saw ye the lads with their bonnets and white cockcades Leaving their mountains co follow Prince Charlie?

Follow ye, follow ye; Wha wadna follow ye? Lang hast chou lo'ed us And treated us fairly, Charlie, Charlie, Wha wadna follow ye? King of the highland heart, Bonnie Prince Charlie.

I ha'e but ae son, my gallant son Donald, But if I had ten, they should follow Glengarry. Health to McDonald, and BONNIE WEE JEANNIE McCOLL gallant Clanranald, For these are the men chat A fine wee lass, a bonnie wee lass will die for their Charlie. is bonnie wee Jeannie McColl,' Followye . . . I gave her my mother's engagement ring and a bonnie wee shawl. Down thro' the Lowlands I met her at a wedding in the down chro' the Whig;more, Cooperative Hall, Loyal true Highlanders, down I was the best man and she was the wi' them rarely! belle of the Ball! Ranald and Donald, drive on wi' the braid claymore, The very first night I met her, Over the necks of the foes she was awfy, awfy shy, of Prince Charlie! The rain came pouring down, Follow ye . . . but she was happy, so was I, We ran like mad for shelter, and we landed up a stair, The rain came pouring ooc my breeks, but ock I didna care! For she's . . .

Noo I've wad my Jeannie and bairnies we have three, Two dochters and a braw wee lad that sits upon my knee. They're richc wee holy terrors, and they're never still for lang But they sit and listen every niche while I sing to them chis sang: For she's ...

4 FLOWER OF SCOTLAND

This song was written about rhe brave men who fought ar Bannockburn. Oh Flower of Scotland, When we will see your like again? That fought and died for Your wee bit hill and glen And stood against them, proud Edward's army And sent them homeward, rae think again.

The hills are bare now, And autumn leaves lie thick and DONALD, WHERE'S YOUR TROOSERS? still O'er land that is lost now I've just come down from the Isle Which those so dearly held of Skye, And stood against them . .. I'm no very big and I'm awful shy, And the lassies shout when I go by, Those days are past now, 'Donald, where's your troosers'? And in the past they must remain Bur we can still rise now Let the wind blow high, And be the nation again Let the wind blow low, That stood against them ... Through the streets in my I'll go And all the lassies say, 'Hello Donald, where's your troosers'?

A lassie took me to a ball, And it was slippery in the hall, And I was feart that I would fall, Fur I hadnae on rna' troosers. Let the wind . . .

I went down co London Town And I had some fun in the underground The ladies turned their heads around, saying, HAIL TO CLANRANALD 'Donald, where are your troosers'? Let the wind ... Heart of Fire-Love, Son of Allan, Heart of Fire-Love to the Isle-Folk. To wear the kilt is my delight, It isna wrong, I know it's right, Robhano, Hiriririo, Obhan, The Islanders would get a fright, Hiririri eile, Robhano, Hiriririo If they saw me in the troosers. Hiririri eile, Robhano, Hiriririo. Let the wind ... Croon of croons reborn at dawn light, They'd like to wed me everywan, Thou'rc my dreaming, thou my waking. Just let them catch me if they can, Robhano ... You cannae tak' the breeks aff a Hielan' man, Of the swan flock, guiding swan thou, And I don't wear the troosers. Sailing by the Isles of Cala. Let the wind . Robhano ...

5 I BELONG TO GLASGOW

I've been wi' a few of rna cronies, One or two pals o' rna ain. We went in a hotel, where we did very well, And then we came out once again. Then we went into another, And that is the reason I'm fou. We had six deoch and dorises, then sang a chorus, Just listen, I'll sing it to you.

I belong co Glasgow, dear old LEEZIE LINDSAY Glasgow town. But there's something the matter Will ye gang to the Hielands with Glasgow, Leezie Lindsay? For it's going round and round. Will ye gang to the Hielands I'm only a common old working with me? chap, as anyone here can see, Will ye gang co the Hielands But when I get a couple of Leezie Lindsay, drinks on a Saturday, My bride and my darling to be. Glasgow belongs co me! To gang co the Hielands with you sir, JUST A WEE DEOCH AND DORIS I dinna ken how that may be, For I ken na' the land that ye There's a good old Scottish custom live in, That has scood the test of time. Nor ken I the lad I'm gaun wi'. It's a custom that's been Willyegang ... carried out In every land and clime. 0 Leezie, lass, ye maun ken Where brother Scots forgather little It's aye the usual thing, If sae be that ye dinna ken me, For just before they say 'good nicht' My name is Lord Ronald They fill their cups and sing: MacDonald, A chieftain o' high degree. Just a wee Deoch and Doris Will ye gang ... Just a wee drap, that's a' Just a wee Deoch and Doris, She has kilted her coats o' Before we gang awa'. green satin, There's a wee wifie waitin She has ki!ted them up to In a wee butanben, her knee, If ye can say it's a braw, And she' aff wi' Lord Ronald bricht, moonlight nicht, MacDonald, Ye're a' richt, ye ken! His bride and his darling to be. Will yegang . . . I like a man that is a man, A man that's straight and fair. A sort of man that will and can in all things do his share. I like a man, a jolly man, The sort of man ye know The chap that slaps your back And says, 'MonJock' before we go. Just a wee Deoch ... 6 MASSACRE OF GLENCOE

By yon bonnie banks and by Cruel is the snow that sweeps Glencoe, yon bonnie braes, And covers the grave of Donald, Where the sun shines bright Cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe, on Loch Lomond, And murdered the House of MacDonald. Where me and my true love Were ever wunt to gae, They came in the blizzard, we On the bonnie, bonnie banks offered them peace, of Loch Lomond. A roof o'er their heads, dry shoes for their feet. Oh, ye'll tak' the high road We wined them and dined them, And I'll tak' the low road we gave of our meat, And I'll be in Scotland They slept in the House of MacDonald. afore ye, Cruel is the snow .. . But me and my true love Will never meet again They came from Fort William wi' On the bonnie, bonnie banks murder in mind, of Loch Lomond. The Campbell had orders King William had signed. 'Twas there that we parted 'Put all to rhe sword', these in yon shady glen, words underlined, On the steep, steep side of 'Leave none alive o' MacDonald'. Ben Lomond, Cruel is the snow .. . Where in purple hue The Hieland hills we view, They came in the night when the And the moon coming out men were asleep, in the gloamin'. This band of Argylls, with snow Oh, ye'll tak' ... soft and deep, Like murdering foxes among The wee birdies sing and the helpless sheep, wild flowers spring, They slaughtered rhe House of And in sunshine the waters MacDonald. are sleeping, Cruel is the snow . . . But the broken heart it kens nae second spring, Some died in their beds at the hand of Tho' the waefu' may cease the foe, frae their greetin' Some fled in the night and were lost Oh, ye'll tak' .. . in the snow, Some lived to accuse him who struck the first blow, Bur gone was the House of MacDonald. Cruel is the snow .. .

7 ROAD TO THE ISLES

A far croonin' is pulling me away As take I wi' my cromak to the road The far Coolins are puttin' love on me As step I for the sunlight for my load.

Sure by Tummel and Loch Rannach and I will go, By heather tracks wi; heaven in THE NORTHERN LIGHTS OF their wiles. OLD ABERDEEN If it's thinkin' in your inner heart braggart's in my step, When I was a lass, You've never smelt the tangle of a tiny wee lass, The Isles. My mother said to me, Oh the far Coolins are puttin' love 'Come see the Northern on me, t Lights my girl, As step I with my cromak to the Isles. They're bright as they can be'. It's by Sheil water the track is to She called them the the west, heavenly dancers, By Aillort and by to the sea. Dancing across the sky. The cool cresses I am thinkin' I'll never forget that o' for pluck, wonderful sight, And bracken for a wink on Mother knee. They made the heavens bright. Sure by Tummel ...

The Northern Lights of It's the blue Islands are pulling me Old Aberdeen away, Mean home sweet home to me. Their laughter puts the leap upon The Northern Lights of the lame, Abderdeen The blue Islands from the Skerries Are what I long to see. to the Lews, I've been a wanderer all Wi' heather honey taste upon each of my life name. And many a sight I've seen. Sure by Tummel. But God speed the day when I'm on my way To my home in Aberdeen!

I've wandered in many far off lands And travelled many a mile. I've missed the folk I've cherished most, The joy of a friendly smile. It warms up the heart of the wanderer, The clasp of a welcoming hand To greet me when I return, Home of my native land. The Northern Lights ...

8 SCOTLAND THE BRAVE

Hark, when the night is falling, Hear, hear rhe pipes are calling, Loudly and proudly calling, Down through the glen. There, where the hills are sleeping, Now, feel the blood a-leaping, High as the spirits of the auld Hieland men.

Chorus: Towering in gallant fame, Scotland my mountain hame, ROAMIN' IN THE GLOAMIN' High may your proud standards gloriously wave. I've seen lots of bonnie lassies Land of my high endeavor, travelling far and wide, Land of the shining river, But my heart is centered noo' on Land of my heart forever, bonnie Kate McBryde. Scotland the brave. And altho' I'm no a chap that throws a word away, High in the misty Highlands, I'm surprised myself sometimes at Our by the purple islands, all I've got co say! Brave are the hearts that beat beneath Scottish skies. Roamin' in the gloamin' on rhe Wild are the winds to meet you, bonnie banks o' Clyde, Staunch are the friends that greet you, Roamin' in the gloamin', wae my Kind as the love chat shines from fair lassie by my side. maidens' eyes. When rhe sun has gone to rest, That's the time chat we love best. Far off in sunlit places, Oh, it's lovely roamin' in the Sad are the Scottish faces, gloamin'! Yearning to feel the kiss of sweet Scottish rain. One nicht in the gloamin' we were Where tropic skies are beaming, rrippin' side by side, Love sees the heart a-dreaming, I kissed her twice and asked her Longing and dreaming for the once if she would be my bride. Homeland again. She was shy, so was I, we were baith the same, But I got brave and braver on the journey comin' home. Roamin' in the gloamin' . . .

Last nicht after strollin' we got hame at half-past nine. Sitrin' at the kitchen fire I asked her to be mine. When she promised, I got up and danced the Hieland fling. I've just been at the jeweler's and I picked a nice wee ring. Roamin' in the gloamin' ..

9 A SCOTTISH SOLDIER

There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier, Who wandered far away and soldiered far away, There was none bolder, with good broad shoulder, He's fought in many a fray and fought and won! He's seen the glory and told the story Of battles glorious and deeds victorious, But now he's sighing, his heart is crying, To leave these green hills of Tyrol.

Because these green hills are nor Highland hills, They're nor island hills, they're nor my land's hills, And fair as these green, foreign hills may be, They are not the hills of home.

And now chis soldier, chis Scottish soldier, Who wandered far away and soldiered far away, Sees leaves are falling and death is calling, And he will fade away, in that far land. He called his piper, his trusty piper, And bade him sound a lay, a pibroch sad co play, Upon a hillside, bur Scottish hillside, Nor on these green hills of Tyrol. Because these green hills .

And so this soldier, this Scottish soldier, Will wander far no more and soldier far no more. And on a hillside, a Scottish hillside, You'll see a piper play his soldier home. He'd seen rhe glory, he'd cold his story, Of battles glorious and deeds victorious. The bugles cease now, he is at peace now, Far from chose green hills of Tyrol. Because these green hills .. .

10 SCOTS, WHA HAE SKYE BOAT SONG

Words by Robert Burns .. . sung Speed bonnie boat like a bird on to the tune used by Robert the the wing, Bruce for the march at Onward the sailors cry! Bannockburn. Carry the lad that is born to be King, Over the sea to Skye. Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots wham Bruce has often led, Loud the winds howl, Welcome to your gory bed, Loud the waves roar, Or to victorie! Thunder claps rend the air. Now's the day and now's the hour, Baffled our foes stand on the See the front o' battle hour, shore, See approach proud Edward's power Follow they will not dare. Chains and slaverie. Speed bonnie boat .. . Wha will be a traitor knave? Though the waves leap, Wha can fill a coward's grave? Soft shall ye sleep, Wha sae base as be a slave? Ocean's a royal bed. Let him turn and flee! Rocked in the deep, Wha for Scotland's King and Law Flora will keep watch by your Freedom's sword will strongly draw, weary head. Freeman stand or freeman fa' Speed bonnie boat ... Let him follow me! Many's the lad fought on that By oppression's woes and pains, day, By your sons in servile chains, Well the claymore could wield, We will drain our dearest veins When the night came, sliently But they shall be free! lay Lay the proud usurpers low! Dead on Culloden's field. Tyrants fall in every foe! Speed bonnie boat ... Liberty's in every blow! Let us do, or dee! Burned are our homes, Exile and death scatter the loyal men, Yet, e're the sword cool in the sheath, THESE ARE MY MOUNTAINS Charlie will come again. Speed bonnie boat . . . For these are my mountains and this is my glen, The braes of my childhood will know me again. No land's ever claimed me, tho' far I did roam, For these are my mountains and I'm going home.

For fame and for fortune I wander'd the earth, And now I've come back to this land of my birth, I've brought back my treasures, bur only to find, They're less than the pleasures I first left behind. For these are my mountains ...

Kind faces will meet me and welcome me in, And how they will greet me, my ain kith and kin, This night round the ingle, old songs will be sung, At last I'll be hearing my ain mother tongue. For these are my mountains ...

11 WE'RE NO A WA' TO BIDE A WA'

F6r we're no awa' to bide awa' We're no awa' to leave ye We're no awa' to bide awa' We'll aye come back and see ye. WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN?

Bonnie Charlie's now awa' Safely o'er the friendly main, Mony a heart will break in twa, Should he ne're come back again.

Will ye no come back again? Will ye no come back again? Better lo' ed ye canna be, Will ye no come back again?

Ye trusted in your Hieland men, They trusted yon dear Charlie! They kent your hiding in the glen, Death and exile braving. Will ye no come back ...

English bribes were a' in vain, Tho' puir and puirer we maun be, WILD MOUNTAIN THYME Siller canna buy the heart, They aye beats warm for thine Oh the summer time is comin' and thee. And the leaves are sweetly bloomin' Will ye no come back . And the wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather, We watched thee in the gloamin' Will ye go, lassie go? hour, We watched thee in the morning And we'll all go together, grey, to pull wild mountain thyme Tho' thirty thousand pounds All around the blooming heather, they gi'e, Will ye go, lassie go? Oh there is nane that wad betray! I will build my love a bqwer Will ye no come back ... By yon clear crystal fountain, And on it I will pile Sweet the lav' rock's note and All the flowers of the mountain, lang, Will ye go, lassie go? Liltin' wildly up the glen, And we'll all go ... But aye to me sings ae sang, ' Will ye no come back again? If my true love she won't come, Will ye no come back . .. Then I'll surely find another, To pull wild mountain thyme, All around the blooming heather, Will ye go, lassie go? And we'll all go ...

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