02 - Waly Waly

[wasteofshame]

Arguably the pinnacle of the Corries' glorious output.

[liamcrouse]

Griogail Cridheil - traditional Gaelic song

[boabmax]

the voices are unbeatable wit can you say SUPERB ? are there chords to this anyone

[boabmax]

the voices are unbeatable wit can you say SUPERB

[fremsley001]

The mans a genius. A weesh a could git a soond like that oota ma colostomie bag.

[cedricbeyerh]

es ist ein schöner song und eine gute stimme

[ukellady]

Beautiful singing!

[hafpipe]

poor Roy, that bag was taking a lot of air. he must have been knackered by the end of it!

[happinesscounts]

Thanks to people like imdress, the legacy of Roy and the legend of the Corries stands proud and never forgotten

[joelhowells]

@happinesscounts I'll second that. Thanks for sharing these videos.

[matthewhewitson80]

This song just shows what great musicians they were!

[devgal211]

LOL It says right on the old record album covers that Roy plays Northumbrian pipes on their songs. You outsmarted them all, mandolinda6, smart one you are, you're absolutely right! :D I love this great song! I miss The Corries so much!

[jamesmcguinness1]

To be honest I thought they were lowland pipes

[uggyoggy9]

I got it, thank you mandolinda6. Before you replied, I watched 'Derwentwater's Farewell', and someone else also commented that they're Northumbrian Smallpipes. Didn't mean to get you involved in a pipe battle here! I just simply wanted to know their name so I could search for other videos because I liked their sound. Thanks for your reply mandolinda6! Also, I thoroughly enjoyed your grand fathers pipe tunes! (Especially the one for Roy! beautiful)

[2pac1971to1996rip]

hey linda urm what song did use make for roy i wud luv to hear it as i enjoyed the other song i heard u and babii and i think someone else aswell but cnt remeber who sorry and also u got any new songs of ur grandad hes got a fantastic voice

[uggyoggy9]

In the other Corries pipes video on Iain40's channel, someone who plays these pipes said they are Northumbrian pipes.

[lr130cc]

Have to correct you, those are Scottish Smallpipes

[JeannieTomlin]

Looks to me like lr130cc is correct on the pipes. Those look very much like Scottish Smallpipes.

[JeannieTomlin]

Interesting! I would have thought they were Scottish but darn if I know the difference either being no piper. I was going solely on appearance. :)

[JeannieTomlin]

No problem. I see that japanrussell (who sounds like he has more of a clue than I do) said they were Scottish Smallpipes. I'll let you "pipe people" fight this one out.

I love the song and the pipes whatever they are.

[givsum]

Bye the way, the pipes are called Uilleann pipes, which in Irish means elbow, because that's how you fill the bag! Thought you'd like to know.

[japanrussell]

Those are Scottish Small pipes crafted by McPherson Pipe company. If they were Uileann they`d have stopers, key swiches, a feedback/switchback drone. These Scottish smallpipes are tuned in D, with a bass in D, baritone in A, and alto drone in D. Some smallpipes are played with the bellows which is similar to the Uileann pipes though, while some are mouthblown like fireside pipes and or GHB. There are also reel pipes and borderpipes whichdiffer not so greatly from these as well.

[givsum]

A song about Lady Barbara Erskine, daughter of the 9th Earl of Mar. Married the 2nd Marquis of Douglas in 1670, but was falsely accused of adultery by a man she refuted. Waly is an expression of grief or woe, as in 'woe is me' The Americans call this song the water or river is wide, but it doesn't carry the same strength as this original Highland lament. Look it up on the internet, and you will get the full gaelic/english lyrics.

[fannybaba]

Hi. I am an englishman. I like egg.

[qantas40]

no, it's not true that robin williamson is Roys brother.

[thepiper84]

Yes RoberBruce3 sorry i couldn't edit it after posting. That's the downside of youtube. But thanks for reminding me.

[thepiper84]

it's about an executed earl and this is told by his daughter.

A very haunting song.

[madamemimp]

Sadly, I do not understand the words. But I love the music and the wonderful voice.

[thepiper84]

weary weary up the bank weary doon the brae weary by yon riverside we will want again Ho fan ho fan ho fan erie ho fan ho fan ho fan ho ho fan ho fan ho. Gone where but the winters wind gone where but the snow i would sleep where sleep at peace where the violets grow. Great song

[picopanpipe9]

thank you so much for the lyrics, it's such a beautiful song.

[RobertBruce3]

Hi, isn't there "I would sleep where sleepeth he?"

I agree. Great song.

[picopanpipe9]

Yeah i think so. And the violets bloom.

[toftmf]

Is it true that Robin Williamson is Roy's brother?

[Iain40]

"Farewell To The Creeks" (credited to Pipe-Major James Robertson (c 1918) which may be itself based on an earlier pipe tune). 'The Creeks' refers to the Creeks in Portnockie on the Banffshire coast where Robertson's uncle had a farm around the time of World War I.

[Iain40]

The pipe tune at the end of this song is the 51st ( Highland ) Division's Farewell To Sicily. It has words and is a great song in its own right.

[hs0dca]

Hi Iain40, the tune is an old pipe march called 'Farewell to the creeks' The words were written by the late, great Hamish Henderson who watched the 51st Highland Div packing up to leave Sicily.