JACOBITE MUSIC

WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL YOU?

• The names of some Jacobite songs
• Who created them
• Why they were composed
• Who sang them
• What this can tell us

NAMES OF THE SONGS

• Hey Johnnie Cope
• The Braes of Killiecrankie
• My Ain Countrie
• The Skye Boat Song
• Charlie is My Darlin'

WHOA!!

GAELIC POETS

• There were lots of Gaelic speaking clans in the Jacobites
• Loads of Gaelic poets supported Jacobites
• Lots of Jacobite songs are Gaelic:
• Òran do Phrionnsa Tearlach, O Hi Ri Ri, tha E Tighinn
• Most of these songs date from the Jacobite Rebellion

JACOBITE SONGS IN SCOTS

• There are fewer original Jacobite songs in Scots
• Some of them are about famous battles
• Hey Johnnie Cope mocks an English general
• He ran away from a battle at Prestonpans
• Some songs, like the Braes of Killiecrankie were melodies first

CHANGING TIMES

• By 1780, to be Jacobite was no longer revolutionary
• It was nostalgic and hankering after a golden age
• New, romantic lyrics were composed
• Sometimes they used old Gaelic tunes
• The Skye Boat Song is an example of new lyrics

GREAT SCOTT!

• One of the most famous Scots wrote lyrics for a Jacobite song
• Sir Walter Scott wrote a poem about Bonnie Dundee
• Bonnie Dundee was a famous Jacobite general
• He died at KIlliecrankie
• At the time, the establishment rejoiced, but later he was idealised

From rebellious rabble to romantic heroes: music shows how the way we saw the Jacobites changed as time went by

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