This is not a correction to Silver Whistle. The following is a reworking of the Flora MacNeill Gaelic waulking song by Graham and Eileen Pratt
The treatment is a haunting and lovely thing to hear.
SILVER WHISTLE
(Graham & Eileen Pratt, Early Birds sleeve notes – a reworking of Flora MacNeill's Gaelic waulking song celebrating the homecoming of Bonny Prince Charlie)
Who will play the silver whistle When my king comes home again
Hi ri liu hill eo Hi ri liu hill eo
Sailing in the finest vessel Masts of silver and ropes of silk
Hi ri liu hill eo Hi ri liu hill eo
When he lands upon the shoreline He will greet his faithful men
Hi ri liu hill eo Hi ri liu hill eo
Not a girdle scone I'll make him Finest bread and choicest wine
Hi ri liu hill eo Hi ri liu hill eo
Charles with eyes so blue beguiling Welcome home you son of kings
Hi ri liu hill eo Hi ri liu hill eo
Let the fiddler play you welcome Let the piper play you home
Hi ri liu hill eo Hi ri liu hill eo
Who will play the silver whistle Maybe I myself shall play