Lyr Req: The Standard on the Braes o' Mar

Subject: Lyr req: The Standard on the Braes O'Mar
From: Pauline
Date: 17 Mar 98 - 12:02 AM

Does anyone have the words to this song as sung by the Tannahill Weavers on their CD "Cullen Bay"? I've checked the Tannahill Weaver's home page, but it's not there. DT has what appear to be alternate words under "Up and Warn A Willie."

Thanks in advance.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE BRAES O'MAR (from Tannahill Weavers)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 17 Mar 98 - 12:59 AM

THE BRAES O'MAR

The Standard on the Braes O'Mar
Is up and streaming rarely,
The gathering pipe on Lochnagar
Is sounding loud and sairly.
The Hieland men frae hill and glen,
Wi' belted plaids and glittering blades,
Wi' bonnets blue and hearts sae true
Are coming late and early.

Oor Prince has made a noble vow
Tae free his country fairly.
Wha wid be a traitor noo
Tae ane we loo sae dearly?
We'll go, we'll go and seek the foe,
On land or sea where e'er they be
And man tae man and in the van,
We'll win or die wi' Cherlie.

I saw oor Prince come o'er the hill
Wi' Drummond and Gelngarry,
And through the pass came brave Locheil,
Panmure and gallant Murray.
MacDonald's men, Clanranald's men,
MacKenzie's men, MacGilvery's men,
Strathallen's men, the Lowland's men,
Callander and Airlie.

The Standard on the Braes O'Mar
Is up and streaming rarely,
The gathering pipe on Lochnagar
Is sounding loud and sairly.
The Hieland men frae hill and glen,
Wi' belted plaids and glittering blades,
Wi' bonnets blue and hearts sae true
Are coming late and early.

From the album, "Cullen Bay," by the Tannahill Weavers

Subject: RE: Lyr req:
From: Pauline Lerner
Date: 18 Mar 98 - 12:28 AM

Joe,

That's it! Thanks so much! Where did you find it?

Pauline

Subject: RE: Lyr req:
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Mar 98 - 01:19 AM

Hi, Pauline - the lyrics were in the back part of the CD booklet. The front part just gives a blurb about the song, but the lyrics are hidden in back. Being left-handed, I often read books from back to front, so I saw the lyrics before the blurb, and didn't form a right-handed assumption that there were no lyrics. Wanna top that for a story????
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr req:The Standard on the Braes O'Mar
From: Bruce O.
Date: 18 Mar 98 - 04:19 PM

Hi, Pauline. This looks rather like a 19th of 20th century 'Jacobite' song. Burns' song in DT (Scots Musical Museum, #188) is probably the original of that above. His tune is in in book 2 of Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances, c 1736 (Up to War a' Willie). James Hogg in 'The Jacobite Relics of Scotland' I, #5, says in his notes that there was no Willie of note in the Jacobite army, and Willie here may have been on the other side. Hogg notes that 'The earl of Mar erected the chevalier's standard there (at Castleton of Brae-Mar), on the 6th of September, 1715,..'. Burn's song seem to be based to some extent on 'The Cheveliers/Highland Muster Roll' (Little what ye wha's coming", in 'Scots Musical Museum' and DT). An early Scots manuscript copy heads it 'Borlean Mcintosh, his march into England November 1715'.

"Up and war a' Willie" seems to have been resurrected right after the conclusion of the 1740's uprising. There's an 11 verse song in a mid-18th century Scots MS that has a first verse:

Up and rin your wa' Willie
Up and rin your wa's
Culloden's Lawrells you have lost
That gain'd you such applause
A check of conscience for your crimes
That stings you to the Saul willie
Has broke your measures this Campaign
As much as Lewendhal's willie
Up and rin &c.

Subject: RE: Lyr req:
From: Pauline Lerner
Date: 26 Mar 98 - 11:00 PM

Joe,

You're right! Now that you've told me where to look, it's so obvious that I wonder how I managed to miss it before. Thanks again.

Pauline

Subject: RE: Lyr req: The Standard on the Braes O'Mar
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 17 Feb 03 - 12:38 AM

I have this score under the title 'The Standard on the braes o' Mar' I'm not sure whether this song has been harvested yet, but please PM me if the score would be useful.

Regards, John

Subject: RE: Lyr req: The Standard on the Braes O'Mar
From: Teribus
Date: 17 Feb 03 - 01:42 AM

From the text given above by Joe it would appear that the Tannahill Weavers have got their Jacobite Rebellions mixed up. The Earl of Mar raised the Royal Standard on the "Braes of Mar" in 1715 in support of King James (aka The Old Pretender), therefore any reference to Prince Charlie in a song relating to the Rebellion of 1715 is historically incorrect.

With regard to the raising of standards for the 1745 Rebellion:

"In late August of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, landed at Loch nam Uamh with seven men, raised the Standard of the outcast Stuart kings at Glenfinnan, and gathered to himself an army to challenge the might of King George II's realm."

No Earl of Mar or standard raising on the braes of Mar associated with Prince Charles Edward Stewart, born in Rome in 1720.

Subject: Lyr Req: Standards on the Braes of Mar
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Dec 05 - 11:31 AM

Anyone have the lyrics to this Scots song which begins "The Standards on the Braes of Mar are up and streamin' rarely...."

(Yup, done the DT and the Forum.)

Subject: Lyr Add: THE STANDARD ON THE BRAES O' MAR
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Dec 05 - 11:45 AM

The title of this tune refers to the raising of the Stewart standard by John Erskine, the
6th Earl of Mar, in September 1715, but the words refer to Bonnie
Prince Charlie and the Rising of 1745.         
Melody:
Traditional
        The standard on the braes o' Mar
Is up and streaming rarely,
The gath'ring pipe on Lochnagar
Is sounding loud and sairly,
The Hieland men, frae hill and glen,
Wi' belted plaids and glitterin blades,
Wi' bonnets blue, and hearts sae true,
Are comin' late and early

Chorus:
Our prince has made a noble vow,
To free his country fairly,
Then wha would be a traitor now,
To ane we lo'e sae dearly,
We'll go, we'll go and seek the foe,
By land or sea, wheree'er they be,
Then man to man, and in the van,
We'll win or die for Charlie

I saw our chief come o'er the hill,
Wi' Drummond and Glengarry,
And through the pass came brave Lochiel,
Panmure and gallant Murray.
Macdonald's men, Clanronald's men,
McKenzie's men, McGilvray's men,
Strathallan's men, the lowland men,
O' Callander and Airley.

Chorus
http://cityofoaks.home.netcom.com/tunes/StandardOnTheBraesOfMar.html

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Standards on the Braes of Mar
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Dec 05 - 11:49 AM

Grazie! Wyoming comes through again for Idaho!

Subject: RE: Lyr req: The Standard on the Braes O'Mar
From: chico
Date: 26 Feb 06 - 01:53 AM

The reason the song's has the Prince Charlie anachronistic reference is because it was a later romance of the 1715 rising long after Prince Charlie was gone.

  
         E
  The standard on the braes o' Mar
     A                   (7)
  Is up and streaming rarely, 
  The gath'ring pipe on Lochnagar
      B7                 E
  Is sounding loud and sairly,
  
  The Hieland men, frae hill and glen,
  Wi' belted plaids and glitterin blades,
        E               (C#m)
  Wi' bonnets blue, and hearts sae true,
      B7               E
  Are comin' late and early
  
        E                      A
  Our prince has made a noble vow,
      B7               E
  Tae free his country fairly,
                               A
  Then wha would be a traitor now,
      E      B7        E
  To ane we lo'e sae dearly, 
  
  We'll go, we'll go and seek the foe,
  By land or sea, wheree'er they be,
        E              (C#m)
  Then man to man, and in the van,
         A                 (F#m)
  We'll win or die for Charlie.
  Then man to man, and in the van,
         B7              E
  We'll win or die for Charlie.
  
  I saw our chief come o'er the hill,
  Wi' Drummond and Glengarry,
  And through the pass came brave Lochiel,
  Panmure and gallant Murray.
  Macdonald's men, Clanronald's men,
  McKenzie's men, McGilvray's men,
  Strathallan's men, the lowland men,
  O' Callander and Airley.

[Hogg notes that 'The earl of Mar erected the chevalier's standard there (at Castleton of Brae-Mar), on the 6th of September, 1715'. This began

the Jacobite rising of 1715, the 'fifteen'.]

Subject: Lyr Add: THE BRAES OF MAR.
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 12:20 AM

From The British Minstrel by John Struthers, 1822, page 250:

THE BRAES OF MAR.

THE standard on the braes o' Mar,
Is up, and streaming rarely;
The gathering pipe on Loch-ny-gar,
Is sounding lang and sairly:
The highland men
Frae hill and glen,
In martial hue,
With bonnets blue,
With belted plaids,
And burnish'd blades—
Are coming late and early.

Wha wadna join our noble Chief,
The Drummond, and Glengary,
Macgregor, Murray, Rollo, Keith,
Panmure and gallant Harry:
Macdonald's men,
Clan-Ronald's men,
Mackenzie's men,
Macgillvary's men,
Strathallan's men—
The Lowlan' men
Of Callender and Airly.

Fy! Donald, up and let's awa,
We canna langer parley;
Whan Jamie's back is at the wa',
The lad we lo'e sae dearly.
We'll go—we'll go
An' meet the foe,
An' fling the plaid,
An' swing the blade,
An' forward dash,
An' hack and slash—
An' fleg the German Carlie.