Grove's dictionary of music and musicians

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396 SCOTTISH MUSIC SCOTTISH MUSIC
When the king comes owre the water,
(Flaying amang the rashes.)
From W. Graham's Flute Book (MS. 1694).
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The old air, already mentioned, ' My dearie,
an thou dee,' may be pointed out as the tune
of an excellent Jacobite song 'Awa, Whigs,
awa,' and of another—the name of which is all
that has come down to us ' We're a' Mar's
men," evidently alluding to the Earl of Mar,
generalissimo of James's forces in Scotland in
1715.
Another of the songs of 1715, 'The piper o'
Dundee, ' gives the names of a number of tunes
supposed to be played by the piper—Carnegie
of Finhaveu—to stir up the chiefs and their
clans to join the Earl of Mar.
all,
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Cumberland's descent into hell, ' which is
so ludicrous and yet so horrible that the rising
laugh is checked by a shudder. This, however,
belongs to the '45, the second rising of the
clans. Of the same date is 'Johnie Cope,'
perhaps the best known of all the songs on the
subject. It is said to have been written
immediately after the battle of Prestonpans,
by Adam Skii-ving, the father of a Scottish
artist of some reputation. No song perhaps
has so many versions ; Hogg says it was the
boast of some rustic singer that he knew and
could sing all its nineteen variations. Whether
it was really Skirving's or not, he certainly
did write a rhyming account of the battle, in
fifteen double stanzas relating the incidents of
the fight—who fled and who stayed—winding
up with his own experiences.
That afternoon when a' was done
I gaed to see the fray, man.
But had I wist what after past,
I'd better staid away, man ;
On Seton sands, wi' nimble hands,
They piclf'd my pockets bare, man ;
But I wish ne'er to drie sic fear,
For a' the sum and mair, man.
Few of these old songs are now generally
known ; the so-called Jacobite songs, the
favourites of our time, being almost entirely
modern. Lady Nairne, James Hogg, Allan
Cunningham, Sir M'alter Scott, may be named
as the authors of the greater portion of them.
In most cases the tunes also are modern.
'
Bonnie Prince Charlie ' and The lament ' of
He play'd the Welcome '
o'er the main,*
And * Ye'se be fou and I'se be fain,'
And Auld * Stuarts back again,'
Wi' meikle mirth and glee.
He play'd The * Kirk,' he play'd The ' Quier,' [choirj
'The Mullin dhu' and '.Chevalier,'
And Lang away but welcome '
here,'
Sae sweet, sae bonnilie.
Flora Maodonald' are both compositions of
ITotwithstanding the diligence of collectors and Niel Gow, the grandson of old Niel the famous
annotators some of these songs and tunes have reel-player— 'He's owre the hills that I loe
eluded recognition, chiefly because of a habit weel,' 'Come o'er the stream, Charlie,' 'The
of those times to name a tune by any line of a bonnets of bonnie Dundee ' (Claverhouse), are
song—not necessarily the first—or by some all of recent origin ; even ' Charlie is my
casual phrase or allusion that occurred in it. darling'— words and music— is a modern
Other noted songs of this date are Carle an
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rifadmento of the old song. One exception to
the King come ; '
'To daunton me ;
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' Little this ought to be noted ; the tune now known
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wat ye v?ha's oomin,' the muster-roll of the as Wae's me for Pi'ince Charlie is really
clans ;
ancient. In the Skene MS. (1635) it is called
Will ye go to Sheiiffmuir ' ; and Kenmnre's
on and awa.'
'
Lady Cassilis' Lilt (see article Loohabek no
A striking phase of Jacobite song was unsparing
moke) ; it is also known as Johnny Faa ' ' and
abuse of the House of Hanover ;
good 'The Gypsy Laddie,' all three names connected
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specimens of it are The wee wee German with what is believed to be a malicious ballad
lairdie,' The ' sow's tail to Geordie,' and, above written against an exemplary wife in order to
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Charlie is my darling.
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The Old Air.
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The Modem Air.
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