33:
447:
87:, when in flood, on the occasion of the capture of Carlise, is not quite correct. It refers to a later period, when Prince Charles made his disastrous retreat from Derby, and Carlisle had been retaken. It was Scots, and not "fell English ground" which they reached on that occasion. But Lady Nairne, by combining the two events, produced a very spirited and successful ballad, which takes a high place among later Jacobite songs.
110:. Rainforth, a soprano singer, appears to have been responsible for introducing it to the public, some five or more years after Nairne's death. Rainforth lived in Edinburgh from 1851 or 1852 to 1856, and contemporary publications post reviews of her performance of the song in the capital; and she published the song with her own (and the now standard) musical arrangement in 1852.
117:
period, as is the case with many others now considered in the "classic canon of
Jacobite songs", most of which were songs "composed in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but were passed off as contemporary products of the Jacobite risings."
76:. He "entered Carlisle on a white horse, with a hundred pipers playing before him, whose shrill music was not calculated to inspire the citizens with confidence in their grotesque conquerors", according to
160:", a mainly instrumental rock 'n' roll tune (with Scots-inspired interjections including "Hoots mon! There's a moose... loose... aboot this hoose!") based on the melody of "The Hundred Pipers".
106:"The Hundred Pipers" does not seem to have been printed as a song until about 1852, when it was issued at Edinburgh in sheet form, with the music arranged by
464:
465:
65:
686:
831:
99:, a prolific songwriter of the period descending from a Jacobite family. The verses appears in the second edition of her
32:
701:
72:, on 18 November 1745, when he invaded England, at the head of a mixed army of Highlanders and Lowlanders, after his
811:
796:
456:
84:
676:
750:
826:
153:
53:
328:
73:
69:
806:
107:
718:
125:
as "Hundred Pipers", no such air is known to exist previous to the date of Lady Nairne's song.
640:
208:
710:
675:
96:
49:
731:"Hundred pipers (The) : the celebrated Jacobite song from mss. lays of Strathearne"
169:
146:
776:
656:
634:
52:
and popularised from 1852 onwards. It takes as its themes events during and after the
820:
134:
83:
The episode, recorded in the fourth stanza, of two thousand
Highlanders swimming the
20:
463:
137:
recorded a version of "The
Hundred Pipers" sung in the old style, for her album
790:
681:
497:
483:
114:
24:
613:
121:
The tune has not been satisfactorily traced, and though it is indexed in the
730:
157:
801:
268:
722:
23:'s Scotch whisky named after same historic event with same name, see
714:
31:
217:
45:
658:
The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk
445:
774:
This article includes text taken from the public domain
697:
The
Jacobite Song. Political Myth and National Identity
752:
The Weekly review and dramatic critic. v.1-3 (1852-53)
661:. Toronto: General Publishing Company Ltd. p. 656
19:
This article is about "The
Hundread Pipers" song. For
792:"King's Own Scottish Borderers - Wi a hundred pipers"
572:
695:
Murray, Alan V. (1990). "Rev. of
William Donaldson,
520:
518:
516:
514:
512:
262:
Wi' their bonnets an' feathers an' glitt'rin' gear,
398:An' danced themselves dry to the pibroch's sound.
777:Characteristic Songs and Dances of All Nations
690:. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
636:Characteristic Songs and Dances of All Nations
735:Spellman Collection of Victorian Music Covers
560:
393:Twa thousand swam owre to fell English ground
388:But shouther to shouther the brave lads keep;
141:. This version was also included in the film
36:The Hundred Pipers - sheet music cover c.1852
8:
812:A Hundred Pipers arranged and played on fife
639:. Edinburgh: Bayley & Ferguson. p.
252:O! our sodger lads looked braw, looked braw,
408:Dumfoun'er'd they heard the blaw, the blaw,
276:Will they a' return to their ain dear glen?
755:. Edinburgh: H. Robinson. 1852. p. 48
383:The Esk was swollen sae red an' sae deep,
341:His bonnet and feathers he's waving high,
291:An' mithers grat when they march'd away.
508:
418:Frae the hundred pipers an' a', an' a'.
403:Dumfoun'er'd the English saw, they saw,
356:While the pipers play wi'an unco flare.
351:The nor' win' plays wi' his curly hair,
336:Wi' his hundred pipers an' a', an ' a'.
596:
481:
346:His prancing steed maist seems to fly,
257:Wi' their tartan kilts an' a', an' a',
95:"The Hundred Pipers" is attributed to
584:
548:
524:
438:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
428:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
423:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
376:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
366:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
361:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
311:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
301:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
296:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
245:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
235:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
230:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
192:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
182:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
177:Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
7:
737:. The University of Reading. c. 1850
536:
433:We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
413:Dumfoun'er'd they a' ran awa', awa',
371:We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
306:We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
286:Second sichted Sandy looked fu' wae.
281:Will they a' return oor Heilan' men?
240:We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
187:We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
14:
323:Oh wha' is foremost o' a', o' a',
197:O it's owre the border awa', awa'
66:surrender of the town of Carlisle
687:Dictionary of National Biography
614:"The Fiddler's Companion HUN-HY"
482:Problems playing this file? See
461:
318:O! wha' is foremos o' a', o' a',
113:The song does not date from the
702:Jahrbuch für Volksliedforschung
202:It's owre the border awa', awa'
674:Legge, Robin Humphrey (1896).
156:had a Number One UK hit with "
91:Composition and popularisation
1:
677:"Rainforth, Elizabeth"
207:We'll on an' we'll march to
97:Carolina Nairne, Lady Nairne
50:Carolina Nairne, Lady Nairne
220:, its castle an' a', an a'.
78:Burtons History of Scotland
848:
780:by James Duff Brown, 1901.
633:Brown, James Duff (1901).
331:the King o' us a', hurrah!
64:The song commemorates the
18:
573:The University of Reading
498:100 Pipers (Whisky Brand)
133:In 1998, Scottish singer
44:" is a Scottish song and
271:sounding loud and clear.
655:Fuld, James J. (2000).
618:The Fiddler’s Companion
54:Jacobite Rising of 1745
807:"Wi' A Hundred Pipers"
612:Kuntz, Andrew (2010).
450:
149:in the United States.
74:victory at Prestonpans
37:
449:
129:Contemporary versions
70:Charles Edward Stuart
60:Historical background
35:
16:Scottish song and jig
832:Year of song unknown
168:These lyrics are in
154:Lord Rockingham's XI
143:When the Pipers Play
139:When the Pipers Play
108:Elizabeth Rainforth
101:Lays from Strathern
561:Weekly Review 1852
451:
42:The Hundred Pipers
38:
466:
839:
793:
764:
762:
760:
746:
744:
742:
726:
691:
679:
670:
668:
666:
651:
649:
647:
629:
627:
625:
600:
594:
588:
582:
576:
570:
564:
558:
552:
546:
540:
534:
528:
522:
473:A Hundred Pipers
468:
467:
457:A Hundred Pipers
448:
847:
846:
842:
841:
840:
838:
837:
836:
817:
816:
791:
787:
758:
756:
749:
740:
738:
729:
694:
673:
664:
662:
654:
645:
643:
632:
623:
621:
611:
603:
595:
591:
583:
579:
571:
567:
559:
555:
547:
543:
535:
531:
523:
510:
506:
494:
489:
488:
480:
478:
477:
476:
475:
469:
462:
459:
452:
446:
166:
131:
93:
62:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
845:
843:
835:
834:
829:
827:Jacobite songs
819:
818:
815:
814:
809:
804:
799:
786:
785:External links
783:
782:
781:
771:
770:
766:
765:
747:
727:
715:10.2307/848236
692:
671:
652:
630:
608:
607:
602:
601:
589:
577:
565:
553:
541:
529:
507:
505:
502:
501:
500:
493:
490:
479:
470:
460:
455:
454:
453:
444:
443:
442:
441:
440:
435:
430:
425:
420:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
385:
379:
378:
373:
368:
363:
358:
353:
348:
343:
338:
333:
329:Bonnie Charlie
325:
320:
314:
313:
308:
303:
298:
293:
288:
283:
278:
273:
264:
259:
254:
248:
247:
242:
237:
232:
223:
222:
213:
204:
199:
194:
189:
184:
179:
165:
162:
147:PBS Television
130:
127:
92:
89:
61:
58:
48:attributed to
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
844:
833:
830:
828:
825:
824:
822:
813:
810:
808:
805:
803:
800:
798:
794:
789:
788:
784:
779:
778:
773:
772:
768:
767:
754:
753:
748:
736:
732:
728:
724:
720:
716:
712:
708:
704:
703:
698:
693:
689:
688:
683:
678:
672:
660:
659:
653:
642:
638:
637:
631:
619:
615:
610:
609:
605:
604:
598:
593:
590:
586:
581:
578:
574:
569:
566:
562:
557:
554:
550:
545:
542:
538:
533:
530:
526:
521:
519:
517:
515:
513:
509:
503:
499:
496:
495:
491:
487:
485:
474:
458:
439:
436:
434:
431:
429:
426:
424:
421:
419:
416:
414:
411:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
394:
391:
389:
386:
384:
381:
380:
377:
374:
372:
369:
367:
364:
362:
359:
357:
354:
352:
349:
347:
344:
342:
339:
337:
334:
332:
330:
326:
324:
321:
319:
316:
315:
312:
309:
307:
304:
302:
299:
297:
294:
292:
289:
287:
284:
282:
279:
277:
274:
272:
270:
265:
263:
260:
258:
255:
253:
250:
249:
246:
243:
241:
238:
236:
233:
231:
228:
227:
226:
221:
219:
214:
212:
210:
205:
203:
200:
198:
195:
193:
190:
188:
185:
183:
180:
178:
175:
174:
173:
171:
163:
161:
159:
155:
150:
148:
144:
140:
136:
135:Isla St Clair
128:
126:
124:
119:
116:
111:
109:
104:
102:
98:
90:
88:
86:
81:
79:
75:
71:
67:
59:
57:
55:
51:
47:
43:
34:
30:
26:
22:
21:Pernod Ricard
775:
757:. Retrieved
751:
739:. Retrieved
734:
706:
700:
696:
685:
663:. Retrieved
657:
644:. Retrieved
635:
622:. Retrieved
617:
592:
580:
568:
556:
544:
532:
472:
437:
432:
427:
422:
417:
412:
407:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
375:
370:
365:
360:
355:
350:
345:
340:
335:
327:
322:
317:
310:
305:
300:
295:
290:
285:
280:
275:
266:
261:
256:
251:
244:
239:
234:
229:
224:
215:
206:
201:
196:
191:
186:
181:
176:
167:
151:
142:
138:
132:
122:
120:
112:
105:
100:
94:
82:
77:
63:
41:
39:
29:
769:Attribution
682:Lee, Sidney
606:Works cited
597:Murray 1990
145:, aired by
821:Categories
802:The Lyrics
759:27 January
741:27 January
709:: 186–87.
665:27 January
646:27 January
624:27 January
585:Kuntz 2010
549:Legge 1897
525:Brown 1901
504:References
484:media help
158:Hoots Mon!
68:to Prince
25:100 Pipers
620:. Ibiblio
537:Fuld 2000
85:River Esk
492:See also
269:pibrochs
225:Chorus:
216:Wi' its
209:Carlisle
152:In 1958
115:Jacobite
103:(1846).
797:YouTube
684:(ed.).
723:848236
721:
471:Tune:
164:Lyrics
719:JSTOR
680:. In
218:yetts
170:Scots
761:2015
743:2015
667:2015
648:2015
626:2015
267:An'
123:Lays
795:on
711:doi
699:".
211:ha'
46:jig
823::
733:.
717:.
707:35
705:.
641:24
616:.
511:^
172:.
80:.
56:.
763:.
745:.
725:.
713::
669:.
650:.
628:.
599:.
587:.
575:.
563:.
551:.
539:.
527:.
486:.
40:"
27:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
