A Hundred Pipers
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Lyrics
These lyrics are in ScotsScots language
Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster . It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language variety spoken in most of the western Highlands and in the Hebrides.Since there are no universally accepted...
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- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- O it's owre the border awa', awa
- It's owre the border awa', awa
- We'll on an' we'll march to Carlisle ha
- Wi' its yettYettA yett is a gate or grille of latticed wrought iron bars used for defensive purposes in castles and tower houses...
s, its castle an' a', an a'.
Chorus:
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- O! our sodger lads looked braw, looked braw,
- Wi' their tartan kilts an' a', an' a',
- Wi' their bonnets an' feathers an' glitt'rin' gear,
- An' pibrochs sounding loud and clear.
- Will they a' return to their ain dear glen?
- Will they a' return oor Heilan' men?
- Second sichted Sandy looked fu' wae.
- An' mithers grat when they march'd away.
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- O! wha' is foremos o' a', o' a',
- Oh wha' is foremost o' a', o' a',
- Bonnie Charlie the King o' us a', hurrah!
- Wi' his hundred pipers an' a', an ' a'.
- His bonnet and feathers he's waving high,
- His prancing steed maist seems to fly,
- The nor' win' plays wi' his curly hair,
- While the pipers play wi'an unco flare.
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- The Esk was swollen sae red an' sae deep,
- But shouther to shouther the brave lads keep;
- Twa thousand swam owre to fell English ground
- An' danced themselves dry to the pibroch's sound.
- Dumfoun'er'd the English saw, they saw,
- Dumfoun'er'd they heard the blaw, the blaw,
- Dumfoun'er'd they a' ran awa', awa',
- Frae the hundred pipers an' a', an' a'.
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
See also
- In 1998, Scottish singer Isla St ClairIsla St ClairIsla St Clair , is a Scottish singer, actress and former game show co-host.-Early career:Isla St Clair was born in Grangemouth, central Scotland, in 1952. Her family came from North East Scotland and it was here that she spent her early years...
recorded a version of A Hundred Pipers sung in the old style, for her album When the Pipers Play. This version was also included in the film When the Pipers Play, aired by PBS Television in the United States.
- Hoots MonHoots mon"Hoots Mon" is a song written by Harry Robinson and performed by Lord Rockingham's XI. It was a number-one hit single for three weeks in 1958 on the UK Singles Chart...