The very best

As far as I know Ronnie Browne still performs on his own since Roy Williamson has passed away a few years ago .

I love this kind of music. It is real, not digitized, folk style, no electric instruments. Real music.

Many years ago, whilst at secondary school (early 1970s, before 1973) I saw them in London. Still remember it with great pleasure.

English is a German dialect. If English is a language then so is Scots

Too bad we dont speak Gaelic, the real language or Scotland before the English came and forced theirs upon us. Just like the rest of the UK.

@@hiddenknowledge2012 If you want to be pedantic, the 'real' languages of Scotland were Pictish and a dialect of Old Welsh. But, yeah, I wish Gaidhlig was properly taught and made to be the only language of, along with Scots, maybe.

the lowlanders spoke Lallans

@@susanlittlejohn8054 They still do.

You realise this song is about Loyalty to the British monarchy? Amd about crushing the Highlanders? I guess you aren't Scottish

@@kincaidwolf5184 Get your facts right mate the version the corries are singing is the 1791 Robert Burns version, the version you are talking about predates that.

@@alastair6356 Ahh Yes Robert Burns the famous anti Jacobite. Listen to his lyrics "Your fautes I will proclaim, Your doctrines I maun blame - you shall hear, you shall hear! Your doctrines I maun blame - you shall hear" i guess you don't understand Scots.

@@kincaidwolf5184 I think you suffer from the right man syndrome, It is an anti war song however you can make of it whatever you want but dont turn in into Rule Britannia.

@@alastair6356 It's explicitly an anti-Jacobite song, insulting the rebellion and the ideology behind Catholic restoration and the culture of the Highland clans. It's nothing to do with Rule Britannia but absolutely everything to do with Scots (lowlanders) crushing the Highland clans. Robert Burns was absolutely a Rule Britannia character. It was of course the famous Scot James Thomson who wrote Rule Britannia.

Voyez la grande offense comes from the Middle Ages. Anti-war songs are as old as war

You think there had never been an anti war song before 200 years ago..?

Vietnam ?? Strange reference. 🙄

@@iandavidson7799 American lol

This isn’t even the oldest Scottish anti war song 😂😂

My father side of the family half came from Ireland and the other half came from Scotland so i love both the Irish and Scottish songs

Try Runrig and Capercaillie

This song harbours religious tension and separatist sentiments being from Scotland myself. Whether I believe in the movement or not, this is our historical legacy and a reminder of that time. It comes in handy when you need to ground yourself within the political world and it helps you understand why things remain so bitter - we can hold a grudge - must be in our DNA from the time we were living in clans. Scotland and Northern Ireland is the only place we have on-going religious bigotry and violence on an organised level in the western world, its kind of embarrassing, if you remember the origins of America was based on religious tolerance, unfortunately, 400 years later we still see the effects of the Reformation and the times that followed with King Billy. Much of our Catholic population lives in poverty to this day, both sides are living in poverty of course but its more prevalent among the former. Anyway, you are very courageous, Americans protect the free world and that means me too. Thanks for your input on the song. Its really interesting you said that. Gives a neutral glimpse at how this song impacts people. Take care buddy.

@@RenaissanceMan29 Americans protect the free world by invading countries that happen to have oil and don't do what the US says. If the US gov't really wanted to put an end to dictatorship, then they wouldn't have allied themselves with Saudi Arabia, a country with a government which only recently was so generous as to allow women to drive cars. In 1956 MI6 and the CIA overthrew the democratic Iranian gov't to replace it with a monarchy. The PM Muhammad Mosaddegh was a champion of liberal democracy but he wanted to nationalise BP Oil in Iran, so democracy in Iran ended for good. (The US gov't literally admitted to doing this in 2013 by the way). This is only one of a slew of coups and armed invasions of sovereign democratic countries that the US participated in. If the US really supported freedom then why does it topple democracies and support dictatorships?

@@huxleyleodwalding5751 I get your concerns, but I hope you understand, this is America we are talking about, and it includes a vast array of people with different objectives. The people who operate with Anthony Blinken and the Neo-Liberal or Neo-Conservaties, those are the people to watch out for and they are voted into power with lies. If America does something that's bad, then the whole world is watching but remember, they toppled Russian backed Corrupt Democracies.

Mate I hope you are alright and dealing with this tragedy in the right way. I disagree with the fact that we as a civilisation fought this war but absolutely respect everyone (you especially) who fought in it. Good luck to you!

@@RenaissanceMan29 You do know there were Jacobites in Ireland also? Not just Scotland.

Lucky you,indeed ! :)

I AM GREEN with envy in TN.......

love it

Likewise.... And a privilege too.

Me too, many times. Such a great show, every time.

Well said.

Often referred to as Heiland Harry (you're wise not to mention his name).

I bought this album when visiting Newtonmore 1980. Also a Jean Redpath album.

Burns was a lowlander and had no sense of loyalty. The Stewarts were the rightful kings of Scotland and the English establish had no business removing them from the throne, certainly not from the Scots throne.

@@andyallan2909 are you high or just ignorant of Burns and lowlands in general? Im from Inverness before ye talk pish . Blind loyalty is not a good virtue .Burns was proStewart if you had half a clue

@@andyallan2909 You think Charlie wanted to free Scotland and sit on the throne of Scotland?

Canada is fracturing too, and it’s because of one person. The most prideful and arrogant man in the country. Trudeau I call by name, Lend and ear, lend and ear! Trudeau I call by name, lend an ear! Trudeau I call by name, Your faults I will proclaim, Your Actions I defame, You will hear, you will hear, Your actions I defame, You will hear! “Leave the man undone to his fate.” 🇨🇦🍁❤️✌️🙏

Yes the Stuarts owned the crown of England....The wrong family is at Buckingham Palace..

The song is telling a story! Most traditional Irish and Scottish songs are recounting historical events that the English don't wish to be reminded of. Its in the past you say so move on! So was WW1 and 2 and yet your happy to relive those historical events. You don't like hearing songs that recount your black deeds..

@@markkavanagh4457 This song is literally anti-Jacobite Mark

***** Amazing what we learn from these old folk songs

This is not a Rebel song in fact the poem could easily have been titled " The Rant Against The Cause !" Robert Burns is telling the Jacobites to listen to him .Their FAULTS he will proclaim and their doctrines he felt to BLAME . Burns also thought the Jacobites should have made the changes by the LAW . He goes on to say he thought the Jacobites should have left the State alone with their schemes and plots ..He also wonders why the Jacobites cause is seen as HEROIC. He didn't see it this way. He seems to be writing about his total disgust with the Jacobian cause and every thing they stood for. Above is a small amount of what all he did say .So please read the poem first then listen to the song . I think you will agree ,

Cynthia Senn ye dontt half talk some pish, ye know fuck all about scotts history.

robert turner And you apparently know sod-all about Rabbie Burns.

Cynthia Senn Still, it sort of fits the spirit of the '89 protests, don't you think? Just that the tables have turned, of sorts.

That's Celtic obscurantism at its its finest. The term "Celtic" applies to genetic markers that half of Europe share. Just say that highland Scots, and the Irish are both descended from the same group of Gaels/Scotti. Just leave the silly Celtic pish out. Lowland Scots are also decened from the Gaels/Scotti by the way. How do you think Scotland came to be? The Gaels/Scotti, and the Picts conquered the Angles, Saxons, Friesian's, and the Brythonic settlers. All these groups came together to create lowland Scots. South-Western Lowlander's, and folk from Fife even spoke Gaelic for centuries.

Okay, just stop for a second. The Kingdom of Scotland was founded by Cinaed Mac Ailpin, former King of Dal Riada and King of the Picts. he united the two into the Kingdom of Alba and over the centuries the two cultures merged into Scots' Gaelic "Brythonic Settlers" First off, the Brythonics had settled in the land they would call "Alt Cluit" and "Gododdin" before the Gaels had settled Dal Riada. The Picts at that point were just doing their own thing and infighting. The Brythonic kingdoms were destroyed in the region by the Kingdom of Northumbria, which in turn was destroyed by a man who I can't remember the name of whilst one of his relatives, Ivar the Boneless, fell upon the Kingdom of Alt Cluit that revolted from Northumbria (Basically the region that was Carrick, Strathclyde and Galloway), Ivar also conquered the Kingdom of Dal Riada and set up shop there. Eventually, Scottish culture came to those regions over time and FINALLY the norse conquered regions were absorbed into Scotland however by that point we'd lost Carlisle and England had conquered over half of Ireland and Wales. I skipped out a hell of a lot of history but you get the gist. The Gaelic language was predominant in the Lowlands until 1400 I believe, where the language lost a lot of it's following and was eventually phased out in law and administration by 1450.

+Robbie Lobster All true, but irrelevant to my comment.

*****​ What? Alba (Gaels and Picts) conquered Strathclyde (Brythonic settlers) and Northumbria ( Angle, Saxon, and Fresian settlers). All three became Scotland. It was Lowland Scots who were responsible for repelling England, and they were just as Saxon as the English were. Keep your Celtic obscurantism to yourself, Scots want none of it. 

+Patrick J III McGuigan Celtic obscurantism at it's finest. You're either an ignorant yank, or an Irishman with with an inferiority complex. If you're Welsh don't even bother commenting, you're irrelevant.

well said comrade

wars are more and more about money but the religious and nationalist stuff are useful getting it going

Independence; from Londonistan, and the Scottish _Kalergi_ Party.

@@deadsouls72 Aye Brother, Amen.

Not to mention the fact that Jacobites are, by definition, absolute monarchists. I'd rather live in a republican Britain than a absolutist Scotland, though right now we obviously have neither.

The Corries were/are Socialist/Republican...what a song this is.....

@@buckcake5050 Listening again and here ye are big yin lol😉

You're right,,the truth hurts a lot

What truth? Scots made up 99% of those who actually fought. We're not going to mention the people too cowardly to actually fight for their cause.

The lowlands were heavily split. But Yorkshire had heavier Jacobite support than Dumfries. Still it was most certainly a north/south divide.

viciouswolf1111 The lowlands were never dedicated to Scotland. They had their "wee bit grund" and the fear of losing that made them take the part of the London government.

I call them "Border Gardners" ;-)

Fancy seeing this legend in the comments section

:) Love this! SO few remember the Auld Alliance. Vive La France, Vive the Auld Alliance and Saor Alba Gu Brath !

Alba gu BRATH et vive la france! From a scottish-french descent canadian

saor Alba gu brath.

Iam a true nationalisy, ans=d agree Charlie wanted the English throne for himself, and used the brave highlanders to gt it, remember he lived in France all of his life, and had not a lot of alegience to SCOTLAND.

Albannach there's no cure!

@@susanlittlejohn8054 He paid for it by a slow and sad lonely death by drink...in poverty at his aquaintences and friends' charity.

On which side ? Many clans had members on both sides

To the best of my knowledge they fought on the Jacobite's side, I have not researched or heard otherwise. Also, there is an ancestry connection with John O'Sullivan who was also on the Jacobite side. But in truth, the way I choose to view the fight as one for freedom. Though, as complicated as the politics were then; others may view it very differently.

Of course. Same thing in my family. My own ancestor being shot as a deserter, because he refused to shoot at other unarmed "deserters." Read up about John Maclean and the songs, 'Ballad of John Maclean' and 'John Maclean March.'

+Davebow Hol love it

The Jacobites probably would not recognise the modern United Kingdom (neither would the 'Hanoverians') but they would surely never recognise the multicultural republican "independent" Scotland the SNP pushes for.

@@zoomer_zveno i thought the Hanoverians came to the throne by dint of a scottish line of succession, so they were closer to being scottish than english?

@@philipwilliams5808 not sure bout that

Freedom for us English too who don't want to be ruled by Old Etonian Tories!!

@@kc8923 this i agree with , i symathise at the loss of english culture at the hand of project GB

A comment on the Thatcherites song actually led me to this song.

I don't think you'll find many Scottish people who'd say devolution was a bad thing. Even Annabelle Goldie the ex-leader of the Tories here in Scotland who campaigned vigorously against the creation of a devolved Scottish parliament cited "our wonderful devolved parliament" as one the the reasons for her voting No to independence.

The Scottish _Kalergi_ Party believe in the Afro/Asian conquest of Scotland.

Religion is a Westminster weapon, she kens how tae weild it

not all the Highlanders were catholic lots were episcopalian n the free kirk and lowlanders fought on both sides

+Joan Henry charlies army was driven from Glasgow, by the provosts

+Joan Henry Glasgow was a rather small Presbyterian town until the Industrial Revolution, which changed its character rather dramatically. There was also a large influx of people from Ireland.

Our clan had no chief and split in two in the old '45

Remember it was not the people but the lords and ladies that cleared the highlands and lowlands of Scotland. That is why Scotland now has land owned by foriegners in tax havens.....started by Norman Robber knights stolen from the indiginous people of Scotland...Robert De Bruc......dont make me laugh !

I'd think of all the good reasons to vote no, then I'd think that I have seen Culloden with my own eyes, and the feeling of death that hangs over the place, and I'd maybe flip a coin.

Alba gu brath

Daniel Olszewski Stick yer Gaelic pish up yer kilt

Will do.

Daniel Olszewski Ha ha :)

Pah... Fanny

+jacobus1745 Charles Edward stuart was only interested intaking over the English crown, Born iN France, he was not so interested in the Scottish populace, but used them .

Tool. It blames the papes for what they did to tae the nation. Burns wasnae praising tha Stuarts, He saw the 45 as what it was.

Maunn Blame...Must Blame...

Where did the "english" Hanoverians hail from?

The song is anti-war. The original version was very anti-jacobite and pro-crown but it got adapted by Robert Burns in the 18th century to be more generally anti-war. If you read the lyrics it's pretty clear, the singing is hard to parse but still amazing. This song kicks arse and disdains war.

My MacPherson ancestors were official Clan Pipers to the Clan chief. Robt. Lewis Stevenson wrote about the MacPherson chef hiding in a cave for 9 years and his estates confiscated

The frontier should be Hadrian's Wall. England pinched a bit of Scotland at some stage.

Please no, I'd rather be part of the UK thank you very much.

@@samh3074 Part of the terrible parliament, government and crown. How lovely..

@@samh3074 fick

sam h you can fuck off to englandville

yes, yes, yes! Steeleye Span.....

Such a great song