WITH BAYONETS ATTACHED, THEY FINISHED OFF THE ENEMY WHO HAD NOT RUN AWAY..

Glasgow Daily Record ^ | 5/21/04 | Keith Mcleod And Michael Christie

[Supernatural]

You should understand my tagline and know where it comes from.

[Bob]

I wonder whether it was the bayonets or the bagpipes which caused them to flee?

Maybe it was the fear of being fed haggis if they were taken prisoner. :=)

[<1/1,000,000th%]

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders... snip ...the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment...

I love their unit names.

[Paulus Invictus]

Bravehearts all!

[Supernatural]

Sgt. MacKenzie

by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie

Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun

When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid

Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

Ains a year say a prayer faur me
Close yir een an remember me

Nair mair shall a see the sun
For a fell tae a Germans gun

Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun


Now in English:

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone

When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I’ll not be afraid

Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears

Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me

Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a Germans gun

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Where before many more have gone

From Moja Irlandia

A note on Sgt. MacKenzie by Willie Younie in the March 2002 issue of The Rothsian

The lament, "Sgt MacKenzie", is written and sung by Joe Kilna Mackenzie son of Maria McCabe and the late Alex McCabe of Provost Christie Drive, Rothes. Joe wrote the song in memory of his Grandfather a Moray man, from Bishopmill, who along with hundreds of other Seaforth Highlanders from the Elgin/Rothes area went to fight in the great war. Sgt Charles Stuart MacKenzie was bayoneted to death at, the age of 35, while defending one of his badly injured colleagues in the hand to hand fighting of the trenches.

Seaforth Highlanders

http://compuball.com/av/sgtmackenzie.htm

[Supernatural]

I think you will like this thread.

[Ben Chad]

A fond memory of my visit to the shores of Normandy last year was a Scottish group playing bagpipes at Port de Bessin.