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25 Feb 01 - 09:03 AM (#405876) Subject: Charlie's Landing From: GUEST Hi, Does anyone know if this song is traditional? "There came a wee boatie o'er the sea> > With the wind and the waves it strove sairly> > But O, it brought great joy tae me> > For wha was there but Prince Charlie."> Thanks alot! Beth |
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13 May 11 - 12:09 AM (#3153125) Subject: Lyr Add: CHARLIE'S LANDING (Lady Nairne) From: Jim Dixon From Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne edited by Rev. Charles Rogers (London: Charles Griffin and Co., 1869), page 117: CHARLIE'S LANDING Air—"When Wild Wars." There cam a wee boatie owre the sea, Wi' the winds an' waves it strove sairlie; But oh! it brought great joy to me, For wha was there but Prince Charlie. The wind was hie, and unco chill, An' a' things luiket barely; But oh! we come with right good-will, To welcome bonnie Charlie. Wae's me, puir lad, yere thinly clad, The waves yere fair hair weeting; We'll row ye in a tartan plaid, An' gie ye Scotland's greeting. Tho' wild an' bleak the prospect round, We'll cheer yere heart, dear Charlie; Ye're landed now on Scottish grund, Wi' them wha lo'e ye dearly. O lang we've prayed to see this day; True hearts they maist were breaking; Now clouds an' storms will flee away, Young hope again is waking. We'll sound the Gathering, lang an' loud, Your friends will greet ye fairlie; Tho' now they're few, their hearts are true, They'll live or die for Charlie. [The author of the lyrics is Carolina Nairne, née Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766 – 1845). I don't know the origin of the tune.] |