Origins: Fate of Charlie

Subject: RE: Origins: Fate of Charlie
From: Reinhard
Date: 23 Dec 25 - 02:42 AM

An earlier thread for The Fate o' Charlie

Subject: ADD: The Fate of Charlie
From: Joe Offer
Date: 23 Dec 25 - 02:32 AM

http://chrsouchon.free.fr/fatechar.htm

THE FATE OF CHARLIE

1. Lochiel. Lochiel, my brave Lochiel,
Beware o' Cumberland, my dearie!
Culloden field this day will seal
The fate o' Scotland's ain Prince Charlie.

2. The Highland clans nae mair are seen
To fight for him wha ne'er was eerie,
They fallen are on yon red field,
An' trampled down for liking Charlie.

3. He was our Prince-nane dare say no,
The truth o' this we a' ken fairly;
Then wha would no joined hand in hand,
To've kept frae skaith our ain Prince Charlie?

4. Glenullen's bride stood at the yett,
Her lover's steed arrived right early;
His riders gane, his bridle's wet,
Wi blude o' him wha fell for Charlie!

5. O weep, fair maids o' Scotia's isle,
Weep loud, fair lady o' sweet Airlie;
Culloden reeks wi' purple gore'
O' those wha bled for Scotia's Charlie.

6. Repent, repent black Murray's(*) race,
Ye were the cause o' this foul ferlie,
An' shaw to Georgie wha fills his shoon,
That ye'll no sell him like puir Charlie.

LE DESTIN DE CHARLIE

1. Lochiel. Lochiel, brave Lochiel,
Gare à Cumberland, mon ami!
La journée de Culloden scelle
Le destin du Prince Charlie.

2. Désormais aucun de nos clans,
Ne défend sa cause chérie,
La lande est abreuvée du sang
Qu'ils ont répandu pour Charlie.

3. C'était notre Prince, et qui donc
Pourrait nier qu'il en fût ainsi?
Nous formâmes nos bataillons,
Pour garder le Prince Charlie?

4. La promise de Glenullen,
Voit arriver son cheval gris
Démonté, dont suintent les rênes
Du sang qu'il versa pour Charlie!

5. Pleurez, humbles filles d'Ecosse,
Pleurez, nobles dames d'Airlie;
Car tout Culloden fume encore
Du sang répandu pour Charlie.

6. Honte à toi, Murray (*), à ta race,
L'auteur de cette tragédie,
Montre à Georges qui le remplace,
Que tu n'es traître qu'à Charlie.

Not in Roud or Traditional Ballad Index or Mainly Norfolk

Subject: RE: Origins: Fate of Charlie
From: rich-joy
Date: 23 Dec 25 - 12:52 AM

This One??!! (sung by John MacKinnon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVhcSwamH2g

Found on "The Fate o'Charlie" (Songs of the Jacobite Rebellions), which was a great album by Archie Fisher, Barbara Dickson, John MacKinnon, c.1969


R-J

Subject: RE: Origins: Fate of Charlie
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Dec 25 - 11:55 PM

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Subject: Origins: Fate of Charlie
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Dec 25 - 11:53 PM

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