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Thread #170145   Message #4148164
Posted By: GeoffLawes
23-Jul-22 - 06:19 PM
Thread Name: Any August Songs?
Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
SONGS ABOUT JOHN MACLEAN

24 August 1879   Birth of revolutionary Scottish socialist John Maclean.

John Maclean (Scottish socialist) from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maclean_(Scottish_socialist)
”The Ballad of John Maclean” - Many recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ballad+of+John+MacLean
Lyrics of The Ballad of John Maclean” from John Maclean Internet Archive     https://www.marxists.org/archive/maclean/works/ballad.htm
“John Maclean March “ -Many recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=John+MacLean+March    
The John Maclean March from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_John_Maclean_March
The John MacLean March: Lyrics and Information from Mainly Norfolk    https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thejohnmacleanmarch.html
MUDCAT DT Lyrics & Music     /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6504

Hamish Henderson makes reference to Maclean in the final verse of his "Freedom Come-All-Ye"
Sae come aa ye at hame wi freedom
Never heed whit the houdies croak for Doom
In yer hous aa the bairns o Aidam
Will fin breid, barley-bree an paintit room
Whan MacLean meets wi's friens in Springburn
Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume
An a black laud frae yont Nyanga
Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun.


Many recordings of "Freedom Come-All-Ye" on YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Freedom+Come-All-Ye%22