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17 Apr 00 - 11:48 AM (#213121) Subject: Gallant Murray From: GUEST,Erin Hi.. Looking for the lyrics and possibly the tune to a song on Andy M. Stewart's "Donegal Rain" album called "Gallant Murray". This is not "The Earl of Murray", though that's all that comes up when I search online. Any help would be appreciated! ~Erin |
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17 Apr 00 - 11:53 AM (#213124) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Mbo Erin, I have the lyrics in the booklet that came with the CD, if no one can help you right now, I can have the lyrics up in about an hour and a half. Great song, eh? "Wha' will ride wi' Gallant Murray, wha' will ride wi' Geordie sel'..." --Mbo |
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17 Apr 00 - 11:58 AM (#213130) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: GUEST,Erin Hey, great, thanks. I don't have the album (or I would have the lyrics, I guess!:P), I just heard the 30-second clip at CDNow and loved it right away. Thanks a lot! |
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17 Apr 00 - 12:00 PM (#213132) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Mbo I could send you an MP3 of the song if you'd like that too! --Mbo |
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17 Apr 00 - 01:41 PM (#213181) Subject: Lyr Add: GALLANT MURRAY From: Mbo Here ya go! Chorus: Wha will ride wi' gallant Murray? Wha will ride wi' Geordie's sel'? He's the floow'r o' a' Glenisla And the darlin' o' Dunkel' See the white rose in his bonnet See his banner o'er the Tay His gude sword he now has drawn it And he's flung the sheath away Every faithful Murray follows First of heroes! best of men Every true and trusty Stewart Blythely leaves his native glen Athole lads are lads of honour Westlan' rogues are rebels a' When we come within their border We may gar the Campbells claw Chorus Menzies, he's our friend and brother Gask and Strowan are nae slack Noble Perth has ta'en the field And a' the Drummonds at his back Let us ride wi' gallant Murray Let us fight for Charlie's crown From the right we'll never sinder Til we bring the tyrants down Chorus Mackintosh, the gallant soldier Wi' the Grahams and Gordons gay They have ta'en the field of honour Spite of all their chiefs could say Point the musket, bend the rapier Shift the brog for Lowland shoe Scour the dark and face the danger Mackintosh has all to do Chorus There ya go! The MP3 is ready, do you have an email I can send it to? --Mbo |
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17 Apr 00 - 01:46 PM (#213184) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: GUEST,Erin Hey--I would really appreciate that! Of course, it may not work on my end, as I've been having an awful lot of trouble playing them lately, but that would be great! |
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17 Apr 00 - 01:48 PM (#213185) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: GUEST,Erin Ah, yes, hmm.. I guess remus@worldpath.net would be the best one to send it to. Thanks verily!:) |
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18 Apr 00 - 06:38 PM (#213953) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Murray MacLeod Is the "Murray" in the song not more likely to be "Moray"? (similar pronunciation). Moray is an area of the North of Scotland adjacent to Aberdeenshire, and the Bonnie Earl of Moray is the Earl of Moray, not Murray, but I am open to correction about Andy M Stewart's song. Murray (who always wished he had been christened Moray) |
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18 Apr 00 - 06:55 PM (#213964) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Mbo No Murray, it's Murray. Here's the story behind the song from the CD notes: "The hero of this song was Lord George Murray, the fifth son of the first Duke of Athole (now spelled Atholl)who, along with his brother the Marquis of Tullbardine, had taken part in the 1745 Jacobite uprising. Murray was wounded at the battle of Glenshiel in 1719, but managed to escape abroad where he served for some years as an officer in the Sardinian army. He eventually received a pardon and returned to Scotland. On Prince Charles Edward Stuart's arrival in Scotland, Lord George joined his standard at Perth in September, 1745. He was appointed as one of the Lieutenants-General of the rebel forces and acted as such at the battle of Prestonpans, Falkirk, and the final and disatrous Culloden. He was pronounced as having committed high treason but again escaped abroad. He went to Paris in June, 1747, but the "Young Pretender," in spite of all Murray had done and sacrificed for the cause, refused to see him. He then travelled to Rome where he was received with great ceremony by the "Old Pretender", Prince Cherlie's father, who gave him rooms in his palace and introduced him to the Pope. He died on the 11th of October, 1760 at Medenblinck in Holland and left an excellent military memoir on the exploits of the insurgent army of "the Forty-Five." I love the spirit in this song and it is brilliant to sing live. A very small tribute to a brave man." --Mbo |
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18 Apr 00 - 07:13 PM (#213977) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Murray MacLeod Of course, Mbo, Lord George Murray. I guess I should have known. I must try to get a hold of the song. I like singing Andy M Stewarts songs. Take Her in Your Arms, Rambling Rover, the man is a genius. Murray |
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18 Apr 00 - 07:21 PM (#213979) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Mbo Too right! Andy RULES! So, are you and Lord George related? **BG** --Mbo |
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18 Apr 00 - 07:36 PM (#213988) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Murray MacLeod If truth be told,Mbo, the whole gene-pool of the Scottish people is laced with the genes of aristocracy gone by, due to their practising their "droit de seigneur" (or whatever the Scottish equivalent was ......). So , yes, probably ! (Me and five million others) Murray |
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09 Dec 14 - 12:24 PM (#3683917) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Jim Dixon This song can be found in The Jacobite Relics of Scotland, Second Series, collected by James Hogg (Edinburgh: William Blackwood et al., 1721), page 97. It has notation for a tune there as well. It doesn't identify a chorus as such, unless there is something implied by the notation that I don't understand. The title given there is THE ATHOL GATHERING. Lyrics are identical to those posted by Mbo above, EXCEPT for the last verse, line 5, where it has "Bend the musket, point the rapier,"—which I assume is a mistake. Muskets don't bend, do they? Unless "bend" had a different meaning then. |
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09 Dec 14 - 07:04 PM (#3684038) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: Murray MacLeod No Youtube back in 2000 ... 14 years on you can hear Andy M singing "Gallant Murray" here |
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09 Mar 20 - 07:45 PM (#4038655) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: GUEST,Starship Interesting history about the poem starting bottom of p.534 https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/489 |
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09 Mar 20 - 07:47 PM (#4038656) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: GUEST,Starship That post is screwed up, sorry. Wrong link. |
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09 Mar 20 - 07:50 PM (#4038658) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Gallant Murray From: GUEST,Starship Try again: Interesting history about the poem starting bottom of p.534 https://books.google.ca/books?id=WEkBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA535&lpg=PA535&dq=who+was+gallant+murray,+history&source=bl&ots=S7j4Cb3Np3&sig |