Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746)
Ewan MacColl * Track #2 On Popular Scottish Songs
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- #2Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746)
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Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746) by Ewan MacColl
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Ewan MacCollAbout
For years Ewan opened concerts with this song, which he would use partly to test the acoustic, partly to check what condition his voice was in, but mostly because it is such a glorious song. It is a rallying call summoning the clans to battle and it was made and sung around the time Earl of Mar rais...
Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746) Lyrics
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Jock and Tam and a's comin'
Borland and his men's comin'
The Cameron's and MacLean's comin'
The Gordon's and MacGregor's comin'
A' the duniewastle's comin'!
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
MacGilvray o' Drumglass is comin'!
Winton' comin', Nithsdale's comin'
Cornwath's comin', Kenmure's comin'
Derwentwater and Foster's comin'
Withrington and Nairn's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Blythe Cowhill and a's comin'
The Laird o' Maclntosh is comin'
MacRabie and MacDonald's comin'
The MacKenzie's and MacPherson's comin'
A' the wild MacCraw's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Dornald Gun and a's comin'!
They gloom, they glower, they look sae big
At ilka stroke they'll fell a whig
They'll fricht the wuds o' the Pockpuds
For many a bare arse is comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Little wat ye wha's comin'
Jock and Tam and a's comin'!
Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746) Q&A
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What did Ewan MacColl say about "Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746)"?
This Jacobite song was undoubtedly made and sung about the time that the Earl of Mar raised the standard of King James in the North. In James Hogg’s The Jacobite Relics of Scotland, each of the clan chiefs mentioned in this rallying song is identified. The printed tune is different from the one give...