Happy! - Aug 14 (John Maclean)

Subject: Happy! - Aug 14 (John Maclean)
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 10:25 AM


Happy Birthday!

Scotland's great labour leader,

John Maclean

was born

14 August 1879
(died St Andrews Day, 11/30/1923)

          Tak tent when he's speakin', for they'll mind whit he said here
          In Glasgie, oor city -- an' the haill warld beside.
          Och hey, lad, the scarlet's bonnie: here's tae ye, Hielan' Shony!
          Oor John Maclean has come hame tae the Clyde.
          Oor John Maclean has come hame tae the Clyde.
  
                  "The John Maclean March," Hamish Henderson

Maclean's triumphant return to Glasgow from Peterhead Jail was 3 December 1918. See The biography by James D. Young, John Maclean: Clydeside Socialist (Clydeside Press.)

[thanx to Jack Campin]

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Subject: RE: Happy! - Aug 14 (John Maclean)
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 05:33 PM

Thanks, Guest. Ed Miller sings this song and I love it. Always wanted to know more about the man who inspired it.   Tw

Subject: RE: Happy! - Aug 14 (John Maclean)
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 06:05 PM

Try John MacLean's March or John MacLean MA or John MacLean or The John MacLean Internet Archive - or all of them!

Subject: RE: Happy! - Aug 14 (John Maclean)
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 06:49 PM

AWWWWrIIIIGHT, Susanne. Bless you a BUNCH. Proof of the biblical "Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be open to you" instructions.

I've asked before and I'll ask again--When's Mudcat gonna start handin' out college degrees? I'm learning here all the time.   Tw