Sound the Pibroch

[Raaneking]

Ok..I have now listened to this song, in every version I can find. And none is as good as this one performed by The corries. There simply is no version with the same power in the words. Love it.

[piperstune]

Well said from a person with Royal Stuart blood in his veins

[bachinlennon67]

Some great lines in here. "and bravely vow wi heart & hand tae rise and follow...". "they're gathering fast ; the loyal men. Wha grasp their dirks and shout again - HURRAH for Royal Charlie". "they bravely fight what can they more? and die for Royal Charlie". Just shows you how great this country and it's people were before the God damned union ruined them. (the U-word doesn’t have a capital intentionally).

[mrbonedigger]

is that paintin o charlie now been cried that o one o his wee brother lol

[bloobear1]

This is the best version as are so many other Scots traditional tunes that the Corries perform. Just think we wouldn't have had Thatcher or David Cameron ruling us if Charles Edward Stuart had pushed on and attacked London back then. A very rowsing song if yer a Scotsman

[mairibheagbreatannac]

Gley mhath, Eudail!

Mairibheag

[markuslebt]

SCOTS WAE HAE !!!

[TheJacobiker]

" I will follow"

[therealfrances]

'it comes upon me'

I think the reference might be missing?

Is it 'tha tighin fodham'

I was told the original meant 'I am compelled to rise'

PS: is it ttha tighinn fodham eirtidh?

[therealfrances]

I thought I'd deleted that.

Sigh.

tha tighinn fodham eiridh

[dazzanumber3]

''Anciently the Welsh called the Picts "Pryden" ''

.....some still do..... rhyddid

[acerb45666555]

hasty though he was, im glad he came!! he gave Scotland a brief light of glory it needed!

[spr65]

the only good thing about royal familys is the loyalty they inspire, its from this loyality that heroes are born :)

[acerb45666555]

if the French and Spanish navys had created a diversion, many English troops would have had to guard both coast! then Charlie could have strolled right into London! France and Spain could have done more to help.

[Macangusagain]

this song is as beautiful as the mist in the morning floating through the Glens and Straths of our bonnie homeland , and in such a cold and wet place was raised a people, proud of Scotland , proud of their history, proud of their ancestry, proud of their country's breathtaking beauty , a country , not a county, and as a country it should have it's own passport, The Saltire or the Lion Rampant on the cover , matters not to me, just that it says Passport of Scotland" Alba Gu Brath

[Macangusagain]

And tonight ,on the eve of Burns day, this wonderful song is particularly poignant,and soft,and sweet and so beautifully Scotland !!!

[Briah82]

Ohh! This is wonderful. Doesn't matter where you are from - surely it stirs you?

Sx

[1Gaffer]

As members of the human race, we of the Scottish/Celtic disposition can laugh at the inherent human inferiority complex, as in this sadly hilarious autobigraphical quote from the Scottish movie "Train Spotting." "We are the shite on the shoe of humanity." But collectively, as Jocks. ie. sons of Joaichidd Ermemon, the King of Ireland Scotland, and lawfully of England (God Bless Charlie, the last one to fight for that cause) We have reason to be proud merely of our birthright. Scouse Macca.

[edward0988]

@1Gaffer Good comment , I like.

[thepiper84]

tarrboy, macha seo, your just an american idiot who has nothing, not even a culture to be proud of, and your history stinks also, slavery and marching bands and racism towards the first nationals.

[glesgason]

the pict blood is mixed with the scots of today

[harryssearchfortruth]

Part 1

I wont feel proud of being a Scot until i know what happend to those people we call picts,who lived in this land that we call Scotland.

[harryssearchfortruth]

The last battle between the Picts and the Scots was fought 800AD only 1200 years ago,and nobody today can tell me there real name why ? And there history has been allmost wiped out from this land,all thats left is those stones,something stinks and aim to get to the bottom of it.By the way the Picts won that battle in 800AD.The battle took place at Liff,just a few miles from my home.

[harryssearchfortruth]

They fought the scots from the west and the romans from south,and the vikings from the east,held them all for at least 800 documented years,until vikings kill there leaders at cairn of hosts ( Carnoustie .The romans did not build that wall for fear of the scots.

[firewolftje]

erm.......firstly the picts were a decented race from celtic ancestry. a guy called st columbus came over from ireland (from the irish clan 'scot') and integrated catholisism into the traditional pictish way of life, and together these two groups became scots. and actually we didnt fight the romans and the scots at the same time....the last roman presence was like 300ad, st columbus didnt show up til late 500's.

[firewolftje]

another thing, there was actually two seperate walls built, and they were built not really to keep the picts out but to serve as a strategic device to kill them as they climbed over, that way they didnt have to rain into alba as often to stop the picts attacking and meant they could concentrate on other pressing matters back on mainland europe. why wont u feel proud to be scottish anyway? that is so far removed to what modern scottishness is about.

[sutmae1]

The term "Picts" refers to two very impressive races, the northern and southern Picts, no one knows where they came from there are guesses anywhere from Ulflandic heritage to Scythian, they spoke a form of Celtic which evolved eventually into modern Welsh (the Welsh are the remnant of the Southern Picts) while the Norther Picts were primarily incorporated into the kingdom of Dalriada When King Alpin (half Scot half Pict) obtained the throne of both races (albeit by questionable means)

[sutmae1]

No one knows what the Picts called themselves because we don't know their language. The only bits of Pictish that we have are a few indescipherable ogham markings that seem too exotic to be true. (the Lunnasting stone in Shetland reads "ettocuhetts ahehhttann hccvvevv nehhtons") It is not hard to see why this is, we don't even know enough about Old Welsh to reproduce it, why then should we expect to be able to read the language that we think was the ancestor of Old Welsh?

[sutmae1]

Anciently the Welsh called the Picts "Pryden" and the Isle of Brittain "Prydain", it is possible that this is the original name of the Picts.

[mrbonedigger]

possibly your talking pish!!!

[dazzanumber3]

In the local vernacular pish means piss, or more correctly, urine.

[outshore]

scotland still has many people devoted to charlie

[hanlina]

YE KEN WHAE I MEEN SIR!

[jacobitejohn]

HERE'S TAE THE KING SIR!

[faeriefiddler]

I grew up listening to this song, and all the Corries' songs. Thanks for uploading!!!

(I like this version much better than Tommy Makem & The Clancy Brothers!)

[albagobrach]

Stunningly beautiful.

Rise and follow Charlie

ALBA GU BRATH

[ponkkaa]

The pictures are just here so your eyes will have something to do whilst listening to the excellent music of The Corries.

[spr65]

its something along the lines of we know the cause and we are willing ;)

[EMesaros]

To spr65--Thanks so much! Now tell me--is the "ch" at the end of pibroch silent, or is pronounced like a soft K as it would be in German?

[spr65]

hmmm id say it was with the soft k, at least thats how the folk I know say it, if you have heard a scottish person going och or ach, its the same sound at the end of that ;)

[EMesaros]

sor65--Thanks! That clears it up for me.

[aaron234567890987643]

"it comes upon me" actually