Peabo's Friends Present: Blackthorns 1977 Yellow Haired Laddie

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Over The Decades Many Folk Songs Have been Written, and Sung about The Battles which Took Place Long Ago in The Lands of Ireland, Scotland, and in The Highlands of Scotland.
These Battles Generally over Land Disputes, Political, or Religous Beliefs were Fought Long, and Hard. Sometimes To Victory, and Sometimes Lost with The Pain and Suffering of Defeat.
Generally, All of The Battles were Fought, and Culminated with Great Loss of Life.
Possibly a True Story, Possibly Traditional Folklore...Only The Generations of The Past Would Know.
Yellow Haired Laddie Is About Just One of Those Great Battles which Took Place Long Long Ago...
About A Young Man Leading His Fellow Soldiers (Also Known as Clansmen) into Battle With his "Pibroch" Playing (Another Name for the Bagpipe, and The Type of Music Played on This Instrument) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pibroch and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ACo...
The Young Yellow Haired Laddie Becomes Immortalized in Song after He is Surrounded, and Killed in Battle by The Opposing Forces. His Lifeless Body is placed on a Bier.
( A Bier is a Stand on which a Corpse, or Coffin Containing a Corpse, is placed to Lie in State or to Be Carried to The Grave.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bier
Even the Maidens are Saddened, and Their Faces Grow Pale, as off In The Distance They Hear The Sounds of The Caralat (A Bamboo Instrument which Produces a Crackling Sound)
Ref Only:
http://www.yaraworx.com/tingguian/readarticle.php?article_id=1&y=2008&...
This 1977 Blackthorn Version was Recorded On WHM Records.
Yellow Haired Laddie is A Classic Example of Folk Song Done in The True Irish Scottish/Gaelic Style of Music.
You can Almost Feel The Excitment of The Young Soldiers (Clansmen) Marching into Battle, and The Sadness Those Men, and Their Chieftains (The Leaders of a Clan or Tribe)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chieftain
Felt Bringing The Young Yellow Haired Laddie Home, Finally Be Laid To Rest On The Brae. (The Brow of a Hill, or A Hill or Hillside; The High Ground Adjoining a River Bank)
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/

Thank You Blackthorn, WMG Records, and The Great Singing Voice of Their Lead Singer Nina Szifris for Doing Such a Beautiful, Heartfelt Version of This Classic Story, Yellow Haired Laddie Done in The True Gaelic Folk Style of Years Gone By.

A Very Special Thank You To Angelo V. ( MacAngelo), and The Lochee Library, Dundee, Scotland...For Their Assistance, and Time which They Provided in Searching for The Historical Material Needed To Make this Movie Possible.

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