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With a Hundred Pipers

August 3, 2015 Blog Administrator

“The Hundred Pipers” is attributed to Carolina Nairne, Lady Nairne, a prolific songwriter of the period descending from a Jacobite family. The verses appears in the second edition of her Lays from Strathern (1846).

The song commemorates the surrender of the town of Carlisle to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, on November 18, 1745, when he Continue reading With a Hundred Pipers →

Music Monday

Skye Boat (The Outlander Theme Song)

July 20, 2015 Blog Administrator

The Skye Boat Song is a Scottish folk song that recalls the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The song tells how Bonnie Prince Charlie, disguised as a serving maid, escaped in a Continue reading Skye Boat (The Outlander Theme Song) →