as to the playing of the bodhran (the drums) it's less in the wrist than you'd think. you need to keep your wrist loose and fingers relatively tight. Think of shaking the paint out of a paintbrush: it's the same principle.
This song is called The Sherramuir Fight. Not Sheriffmuir Sheriffmuir is a completely different song and place. if you look up Sheriffmuir the Corries do that song as well, they are two very different songs.
Please fix this error, your misrepresenting this song
@AmericanFolkMusician sherrif muir is a small village on th back road to edinburgh, apart from that it was an important sight of battle between the english and us!!! so shut the fuck up you cock
@Kinlochbervie50 How'd your weekend go? Did you learn the song by Monday? Wonderful song, and the Corries rock, of course, but it sounds like it'd be incredibly difficult.
yes, i was stressed over the weekend and also right before the supper but i had it all learnt and it went down a storm. i'm not the greatest singer in the world but the song carries itself if you use an accent!
the guess all clapped away and and was very well received! had a great time that night as a result!! the malts were aye flowing!
The last of the Royal Stuarts in the Protestant succession, Queen Anne, died in 1714. Her successor was the Hanoverian King George I. In Scotland the antagonism to the succession of a German "princeling" who spoke little English was acute, especially among the Highlanders. King James III, from his exile in France, believed that the time was right to launch another Jacobite uprising.
1981Marus knows what he's on about,like many of rabbies songs ,this is a version that rabbie covered.many of burns songs are actually traditional songs he heard on his many journeys around scotland.!
What a great song. When we (SoCal Frasers) visited Eilean Donan Castle, Johnnie MacRae took a goatskin targe (was carried at the Battle of Sherrifmuir in 1715) off the wall and showed it to me, as I was very interested in the design. 18" diameter, convex in shape with many brass tacks in an almost star-like pattern. I took pics of it and recreated it in rawhide over ash(to the celts it had protective qualities) and have used in in many battle re-enactments. I will always love Scotland.
Was up there last week for a wee donder.When you look from up from the higher hills not much has changed more trees ,And that overpriced pub for posh folk.
Eh , yer kidding who ? not in the ochils .Are they incomers if so they are as aboot welcome as they bloody wind farms getting built up the noo at upper glendevon damms.thats me scunnert noo.
It's nowhere the Ochils, it's the other side of Dunblane. As to the owner, he's the character who demolished an historic building and then asked for permission to do so - his excuse was that 'it was dangerous to children'. For the amount of children who ever got near it, see my previous comment.
The original lyrics were written by John Barclay, and to be honest were a bit leaden. Burns took it on himself to polish them up a bit, and in effect completely rewrote them. The version the Corries sang is basically Robbie's, but a bit shorter.
Thanks to your comment mate! The best things in the world come out of hard won failures! Scotland may be the underdog, but they`re the underdog the whole world cheers for!
I liked this song so much that I did a little research on Sherrifmuir and read about the battle and so forth and then I found out that this is a poem/song by Robert Burnes. So I read up on Robbie too. Music, History, and Culture all rolled in one. AWESOME!
Those drums are powerful.
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as to the playing of the bodhran (the drums) it's less in the wrist than you'd think. you need to keep your wrist loose and fingers relatively tight. Think of shaking the paint out of a paintbrush: it's the same principle.
Filidhe 5 months ago
bring it you sasonach cocks, listen to "the wallace" he kicked all anglesised bottoms
MrTLaing 10 months ago
we were raped and pillaged as were many nations, free alba
MrTLaing 10 months ago
@MrTLaing You want Soar alba for full gaeliuc
mohawkmohican 9 months ago in playlist Jacobite Songs
This song is called The Sherramuir Fight. Not Sheriffmuir Sheriffmuir is a completely different song and place. if you look up Sheriffmuir the Corries do that song as well, they are two very different songs.
Please fix this error, your misrepresenting this song
AmericanFolkMusician 1 year ago 4
@AmericanFolkMusician sherrif muir is a small village on th back road to edinburgh, apart from that it was an important sight of battle between the english and us!!! so shut the fuck up you cock
MrTLaing 10 months ago
@AmericanFolkMusician You are right in that they are two differnt songs - but it is the same place and same battle.
gaconnochie 9 months ago
a drunk freind quoted - "the corries, the 1st folk group to have geneticialy modified wrist bones so their able to play th drums like that"
Thompsonf1001 1 year ago 9
alba am beith
jimmybhoy4 2 years ago
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UISTMAN59 1 year ago
Strange, but I'm hearing bits of "Finnegan's Wake," most popularly performed by the Irish Rovers. Is there maybe a common basis for the tune?
endora60 2 years ago
man i've tae learn this for monday, i've got some weekend ahead of me...
Kinlochbervie50 2 years ago
@Kinlochbervie50 How'd your weekend go? Did you learn the song by Monday? Wonderful song, and the Corries rock, of course, but it sounds like it'd be incredibly difficult.
endora60 1 year ago
@endora60
yes, i was stressed over the weekend and also right before the supper but i had it all learnt and it went down a storm. i'm not the greatest singer in the world but the song carries itself if you use an accent!
the guess all clapped away and and was very well received! had a great time that night as a result!! the malts were aye flowing!
Kinlochbervie50 1 year ago
The last of the Royal Stuarts in the Protestant succession, Queen Anne, died in 1714. Her successor was the Hanoverian King George I. In Scotland the antagonism to the succession of a German "princeling" who spoke little English was acute, especially among the Highlanders. King James III, from his exile in France, believed that the time was right to launch another Jacobite uprising.
krs306 2 years ago 11
where can i get the words for this
scunnerd25 2 years ago
the internet ya daftie...
Kinlochbervie50 1 year ago
I love it!
babbi43 2 years ago
Brilliant stuff - I don't think I'd ever heard this before.
webwisebusiness 2 years ago
1981Marcus what are you talking about this is by Rabbie Burns
baneofnewbs 3 years ago
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rosswatt1979 2 years ago
1981Marus knows what he's on about,like many of rabbies songs ,this is a version that rabbie covered.many of burns songs are actually traditional songs he heard on his many journeys around scotland.!
rosswatt1979 2 years ago
hey bum herrum heyyyy daaaaaaaaa
SelfProtection95 3 years ago
What a great song. When we (SoCal Frasers) visited Eilean Donan Castle, Johnnie MacRae took a goatskin targe (was carried at the Battle of Sherrifmuir in 1715) off the wall and showed it to me, as I was very interested in the design. 18" diameter, convex in shape with many brass tacks in an almost star-like pattern. I took pics of it and recreated it in rawhide over ash(to the celts it had protective qualities) and have used in in many battle re-enactments. I will always love Scotland.
Dona
Broadsidejohn 3 years ago 2
wat reenactment group are you with?
veriasvincit 2 years ago
Yikes,that's one big Bodhran!
ceanadach 3 years ago 2
I think this might be my new favorite song of theirs.
Yealdin 3 years ago 2
excellent! brings back the memories
thanks alot for posting
Snadd1987 3 years ago
Was up there last week for a wee donder.When you look from up from the higher hills not much has changed more trees ,And that overpriced pub for posh folk.
ILUV74 4 years ago 2
Except that the land is now owned by some person who does his best to stop people from walking on it..
Scotsgit 3 years ago
Eh , yer kidding who ? not in the ochils .Are they incomers if so they are as aboot welcome as they bloody wind farms getting built up the noo at upper glendevon damms.thats me scunnert noo.
ILUV74 3 years ago
It's nowhere the Ochils, it's the other side of Dunblane. As to the owner, he's the character who demolished an historic building and then asked for permission to do so - his excuse was that 'it was dangerous to children'. For the amount of children who ever got near it, see my previous comment.
Scotsgit 3 years ago
yels never beat the corries
spr65 4 years ago 6
great stirring stuff. Though I have to ask "sherrifmuir" or "sherramuir"?
funjonno71 4 years ago
Both. Its spelt Sherrifmuir and can be pronounced both ways sherramuir its the scots pronounciation.
thistlewarrior 4 years ago
cheers, still a great song either way its spelt! I read somewhere its from a robbie burns poem but have been unable to track it down so far!
funjonno71 4 years ago
The original lyrics were written by John Barclay, and to be honest were a bit leaden. Burns took it on himself to polish them up a bit, and in effect completely rewrote them. The version the Corries sang is basically Robbie's, but a bit shorter.
1981Marcus 3 years ago
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not my favourite song
xXxBaybeeBrixXx 4 years ago
Great song
Yes moss the Macraes lost a lot at Sherrifmuir
guitaristkam 4 years ago
Just another in a line of failed Jacobite attempts to get Stuarts back on the throne. Macraes lost a bunch at Sherifmuir.
Mosstrooper7 4 years ago
I think it's because of this "failed" Jacobite attempts that Scotland is known to the world, and not an insignificant dot on the map.
asturiangoblin 4 years ago 2
Thanks to your comment mate! The best things in the world come out of hard won failures! Scotland may be the underdog, but they`re the underdog the whole world cheers for!
japanrussell 2 years ago 2
I think you miss the point entirely.
woodstock1330 3 years ago
I liked this song so much that I did a little research on Sherrifmuir and read about the battle and so forth and then I found out that this is a poem/song by Robert Burnes. So I read up on Robbie too. Music, History, and Culture all rolled in one. AWESOME!
ufgatorpaw 4 years ago
What a great song!! I love it!
ufgatorpaw 4 years ago