Celtic Bagpipe Music - Battle of Harlaw

A Beautiful song covered by the Old Blind Dogs
http://www.oldblinddogs.co.uk/

Lyrics

As I cam' in by Dunideer and doon by Nether Ha'
There were fifty thoosand' heilan' men a-marchin' tae Harlaw

Chorus (after each verse):
Wi' a diddy aye o' an' a fal an' doe
And a diddy aye o' aye ay

As I gaed on an' farther on and doon an' by Balquhain
Oh it's there I saw Sir James the Rose and wi' him John the Graeme

"It's cam' ye fae the Heilan's man, cam' ye a' the wey?
Saw ye MacDonald and his men as they cam' in fae Skye?"

"It's I was near and near eneuch that I their numbers saw
There was fifty thoosan' heilan' men a-marchin' tae Harlaw"

"Gin that be true," says James the Rose, "We'll no cam' muckle speed
We'll cry upon wir merry men and turn wir horse's heid"

"Oh na, o' na," says John the Graeme, "This thing will nivver be
The gallant Graemes wis nivver beat, we'll try fit we can dae"

Well, as I gaed on an' further on an' doon an' by Harlaw
There fell fu' close on ilka side sic straiks ye nivver saw

There fell fu' close on ilka side sic straiks ye nivver saw
An' ilka sword gaed clash for clash at the Battle of Harlaw

The Heilan' men wi' their lang swords, they laid on us fu' sair
And they drave back wir merry men three acres breadth and mair

An' Forbes tae his brither did say, "Noo brither, can't ye see
They've beaten us back on ilka side and we'll be forced tae flee"

"Oh na, na, my brither bold, this thing will nivver be
Ye'll tak yer guid sword in yer haun', ye'll gang in wi' me"

Well, it's back tae back the brithers bold gaed in amangst the thrang
And they drave back the heilan' men wi' swords baith sharp and lang

An' the firstan stroke that Forbes struck, he gart MacDonald reel
An' the neistan straik that Forbes struck, the brave MacDonald fell

An siccan a ptlairchie o' the likes ye nivver saw
As wis amangst the Heilan' men fan they saw MacDonald fa'

Some rade, some ran and some did gang, they were o' sma' record
For Forbes and his merry men, they slew them on the road

O' fifty thoosan' Heilan' men, but fifty-three gaed hame
And oot o' a' the Lawlan' men, fifty marched wi' Graeme

Gin onybody spier at ye for them that marched awa'
Ye can tell them plain and very plain they're sleepin' at Harlaw

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[TylerMaple3009]

@jeanluc1048 Ahh yes the Dutch! I remember how their great victories over........over..........Oh wait.

[Battleangelx]

The English PEOPLE weren't oppressive, the English LORDS were, soldiers don't go to battle arbitrarily. And lets remember that the Scottish lords during the time of William Wallace weren't actually much different to the English lords, actually allot of them were interbred with each other. Tbh, the average English pheasant militia and the average Scot clansman would probably have gotten pissed together quite happily without the bloody aristocracy telling them they needed to die for their country

[Viking102938]

@Battleangelx Preach it brotha, preach it! *Raises hands wildly in the air*

[Rikki0]

@Brady2k10 You think you got it bad. Try being an American. But don't let it get to you. They can't hurt my feelings with a brick. LMAO!

[Bzamm615]

@Battleangelx I was refering to the nation, not the people

[knightorder]

@TylerMaple3009 The Spanish, I think is the nation you're looking for (See the 80 Years War, or the War of Dutch Independence).

[Bzamm615]

@Brady2k10 I'm not blaming you personally for this, I'm just saying that the English obviously did commit some moral crimes. But that can be said for almost any nation. No one here is accusing you of abuse and oppression.

[Brady2k10]

@Bzamm615 forget i said anything, you're not english so you cant see where im coming from with this, nearly every fucking video about scotland or celts or whatever has insults towards english and im sick of it, even if england was bad back then, why should english people now have to take this shit, its not like we was around at that time