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The Hieland Men Came Doon the Hill/ Wha'll Be King But Charlie

from Holding Our Own by IONA

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The Hieland Men Came Doon the Hill/ Wha'll Be King But Charlie
Scots, (from Hogg's Jacobite Relics)

The Jacobite wars of the 18th Century provided endless fodder for the wags and satirists of the era. In this satire of the Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746), the defeat of the pompous English General Hawley is recorded for posterity. His dragoons panicked and fled at the sight of a mass of screaming, claymore wielding, bagpiping, kilt-wearing Scotsmen. The highlanders assuming the retreat was an esoteric war tactic, pressed on down the hill and found neither hide nor hair of the English at the bottom. A bloodless victory was had by all. Our kind of war! Into the beat of the war drum we weave a Jacobite march commemorating Bonnie Prince Charlie himself.

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from Holding Our Own, released June 1, 1994
Barbara Ryan - Lead vocals, guitar, bodhran, tambourine.
Bernard Argent - Wooden flute, whistles, vocals, doumbek.
Diana McFadden - Cello, bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, vocals.

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IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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