The Corries White Cockade

[Arkybark]

Ah but they were the pied pipers,weren't they?

[KennBurch]

It really adds something to have the kids singing with them in this.  A bit of fun and yet a bit of poignancy. Also, a symbol of the music being kept alive.

[KennBurch]

What is the instrument Roy is playing in this clip?

[irishhistoryman]

Stirs the blood! Thanks for this wonderful post

[trilingual28]

The harmonies are so beautiful! Thank you for posting, I love it!

[Vespasianus69]

So, Kin-oos-sie (you don't pronounce the "g," correct?), that's you, the tallish lass who kept her coat on over her jumper? February! I was there in May, twelve (12) years ago, to visit Ruthven Bks. & it was windy & cold as all get-out. Don't blame you for trying to stay warm. So, did the BBC tell you all to skip along behind the boyz, or did that come naturally? Great video. WAY too short -- they should have let you-all skip along and sing four or five more verses!! Bravo.

[PapaNoMidokoro]

Brilliant.

[scotjack]

How beautifully healthy and slim all the kids look. This must have been filmed BM.

("Before Macdonalds")

[Chomuno]

What is the signification of the white cockade? Is it a military symbol? Or does it mean "Liberty"?

[awmascrotum]

@Chomuno The white cockade was worn to by Jacobites to symbolise their support of the Catholic Stewarts(Stuarts) claim on the British throne

[ScottishShorts]

@Chomuno The white cockade was a symbol worn on the blue bonnets of the Highlanders as they followed Tearloch/Chairly to his and our fate in the years of 1745 to 1746. (Only worn by the Jacobites who could afford a bonnet. others wore then on shirts or other bits of clothing. ) Many is the day I have flown down this road and others in Kingussie in my uncles wee 3 wheeled car. 

[lilblubasterdify]

greay video...great duo with so much talent. I.m sorry that I jumped on the bandwagon so late...better late than never though!!!!!!

[alligatorgal]

Nice vid, but the kids skipping is just too corny :-)

[endora60]

@alligatorgal Think of the time and place. Kids actually did things like skip along. I think it would have been great if they'd started out with the kids and then gradually adults joined in the group too.

[uggyoggy9]

@alligatorgal I agree, they went a bit overboard with the kids. It reminds me of that spooky old fairytale story of "The Pied Piper" LoL!

I love the rare vintage vid though, the Corries were so young, great to see!

[brenutube08]

The words of 'The Red Flag', anthem of the International Labour Movement, which was written by Irish socialist Jim Connell, from Kilskyre, County Meath, was intended to be sung to the air of The White Cockade. Connell wanted it that way, but as time went on people switched it to the air of Tannenbaum. A pity, perhaps.

[fuckedurmatwice]

saor alba!!!

[thepiper84]

Does anyone know where this was filmed? it looks a bit like old hardgate, especially the bit showing the street sign, Mill road

[thetrollfairy]

This is great! They were so young in this one

[carole7351]

Perhaps I was Scotch in a previous lifetime, but the Corries touch my soul as no other group ever did!

[thetrollfairy]

@carole7351

Agreed! They do touch the soul.

Please remember though----Whiskey is "Scotch", people are 'Scottish"

:-)

[scotjack]

@thetrollfairy  No, whiskey (with an "e") is just whiskey - the nasty stuff they drink in Ireland and USA.. Whisky (without the superfluous "e") is imbibed in Scotland by Scots, and around the world by discriminating drinkers, and is correctly known as Scotch. Clear?

[17tube45]

Scotch is a whisky. You mean Scottish

[17tube45]

Meant to add whiskEy is Irish. Whisky is Scottish!

[carole7351]

Thank you for the correction!

[Scotsgit]

@carole7351 It's SCOTS, not Scotch! Scotch refers to whisky, eggs or bonnets!

[Yssann]

@carole7351

I know what you mean. I'm from Germany, but in the moment I hear the Corries, my heart cries for Caledonia. I'm sure, I lived there in a former live.

[scotjack]

@carole7351 You may well have been Scots in a previous life, but not "Scotch"

[topgun1863]

@scotjack That's not what the beathalyzer said

[scotjack]

@topgun1863 How droll. (LOL)

[MichaelKelly91]

@carole7351 scottish, not Scotch. Scotch is whiskey or meat not a person

[Macangusagain]

just awesome,never saw it before , another wonderful Corries song with a love for Scotland , Albainn gu brath

[kingussie]

Hi Fireflyx15 I'm very glad you did post it. My daughter suggested looking for this clip here and I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would find it. So thanks again

Oh!.. I have to say, The Corries were just wonderful to us. They sang us all sorts of funny little cheeky songs between takes etc. :-)

[kingussie]

The wee lads and lassies were the pupils of Kingussie Primary School. I pinned the cocades on the Corries (Oh the nerves! I was sure I would stick them!) My isiter is the curly blonde behind Roy :-) Oh the memories. this was the most exciting event in our wee lives.

[fireflyxl5]

Hello! Thats absolutely amazing! Happy memories! Thanks for sharing that. It made my day, Im really glad I put that clip on now:)

[heylormammy]

@kingussie

I have been a Corries fan all my life, so when my son Roy found this story, he showed me, I had to say hi. It's a wonderful story, thanks for sharing it =)

[Chomuno]

@kingussie Are you the little brown-haired boy on the right of Roy?

[anniesgranny2]

Lovely song!

[luv4scotland]

Ne'er saw this one! thanks for posting. I wonder which of those wee lads and lassies are Roy's and Ronnie's? lol cute

[mandolinda6]

Thanks for posting this one!