MacCrimmon's Lament

by gopal  Last updated 1 month ago

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MacCrimmon's Lament

MacCrimmon's Lament Round Coolin's peak the mist is sailing, The banshee croons her note of wailing, Mild blue eyne with sorrow are streaming For him that shall never return, MacCrimmon! The breeze on the brae is mournfully blowing! The brook in the hollow is plaintively flowing, The warblers, the soul of the groves, are moaning, For MacCrimmon that's gone, with no hope of returning! The tearful clouds the stars are veiling, The sails are spread, but the boat is not sailing, The waves of the sea are moaning and mourning For MacCrimmon that's gone to find no returning! No more on the hill at the festal meeting The pipe shall sound with echo repeating, And lads and lasses change mirth to mourning For him that is gone to know no returning! No more, no more, no more for ever, In war or peace, shall return MacCrimmon; No more, no more, no more for ever Shall love or gold bring back MacCrimmon!

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Barbara Dickson - MacCrimmon's Lament

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  • lecbar, 3 months ago

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    Like the others, Great.

  • Briza, 3 months ago

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    PERFECT

  • ANDIFEYRTR(), 6 months ago

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    Grand Gopal, if only I could hear the tune. I love the sounds of a bagpipe. You have my curiosity still peaked! Spectacular work!
    ~)o(~

  • gopal, 6 months ago

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    MacCrimmon's Lament ("Cumha mhic Criomein") is a famous pipe tune composed by Donald Bàn MacCrimmon. It is said that it was written when the Clan MacLeod, led by their chief, rallied to cause of Bonnie Prince Charlie in the Jacobite Uprising of 1745/46. MacCrimmon supposedly had a premonition that he and many of the clan would not return from the fighting. That proved to be the case, as MacCrimmon was killed in a skirmish near Moyhall and many of the clan perished at Culloden.

  • MagikGypsy, 6 months ago

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    Your player button is missing as well as the text to this glog posting. You need to add the player and make sure that the music uploaded and works by testing it in the preview mode.

  • gopal, 6 months ago

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    ANDIFEYRTR
    Are you able to hear any music when you view this blog?

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