Listen to 'The Freedom Come All Ye' played by Shearer. Hear 'The Freedom Come All Ye' sung by Hamish Henderson. Hear 'The Freedom Come All Ye' sung by Jim Reid.įrom A The Bairns O Adam (Hamish Henderson Tribute), CDTRAX244 (September 2003), Greentrax Recordings. When MacLean meets wis freens in SpringburnĪ' the roses and geans will turn tae bloom,ĭings the fell gallows o the burghers doon.

Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doomĬan find breid, barley-bree and painted room. Mak the vile barracks o their maisters bare function on your browser menu on this page to reach a key word - many songs have alternative titles. Will curse Scotland the Brave nae mair, nae mair Mourn the ships sailin doon the Broomielaw. Mairch tae war when oor braggarts crousely craw, Through the great glen o the warld the day.Ī they rogues that gang gallus, fresh and gay. Hamish first heard this tune as the pipe march 'The Bloody Fields of Flanders' in 1944 on the beachhead at Anzio in Italy.įor more about the 1960 peace marchers, see 'Ding Dong Dollar'.īlaws the cloods heelster-gowdie owr the bay He felt that part of the songs strength is that it is alternative, not official. Some people feel this song should be our national anthem, but Henderson himself hoped this would not happen. But like many others who write songs about peace he developed his lyric to talk about our history, our future and our hopes. Henderson wrote this song for the marchers at Dunoon, hence the opening lines about the blustery Argyll weather. The tune is the World War I pipe march, The Bloody Fields of Flanders.

This magnificent song was written by Hamish Henderson in 1960 for the peace marchers at the Holy Loch near Glasgow.

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