Binghamton Ping
"Melody" and "Bagpipes" in the same sentence???
Wonderful
Pipers rule boys, don't ya be forgettin' it nae. (personal gloat see my pic)
Big thanks to whoever found this for me last night.
Joseph Kilna McKenzie - Sgt. McKenzie
Original Scottish Version
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
English Translation
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
In memory of Sgt. Charles Stuart MacKenzie
Seaforth Highlanders
Who along with many others gave up his life
So that we can live free
We will remember them
Bagpipes always gets my blood up.
From the Halls of Montezuma.
BTTT
I used to think bagpipes were annoying but they kind of grow on you the more you hear them. It's a very unique sound and stays with you for a while after they have stopped playing.
March of Cambreath
[chorus]
Axes flash, broad sword swing
Shining armor’s piercing ring
Horses run with a polished shield
Fight those bastards ‘til they yield
[chorus 2]
Midnight mare and blood red roan
Fight to keep this land your own
Sound the horn and call the cry
How many of them can we make die?
Follow orders as you’re told
Make their yellow blood run cold
Fight until you die or drop
A force like ours is hard to stop
Close your mind to stress and pain
Fight ‘til you’re no longer sane
Let not one damn cur pass by
How many of them can we make die?
Guard your women, children well
Send these bastards back to hell
We’ll teach them the ways of war
And they won’t come here anymore
Use your shield and use your head
Fight ‘til everyone is dead
Raise the flag up to the sky
How many of them can we make die?
(music interlude)
Dawn has broke the time has come
Move your feet to the marching drum
We’ll win the war and pay the toll
We’ll fight as one in heart and soul
[chorus 2]
[chorus]
[chorus 2]
How many of them can we make die?
How many of them can we make die?
May everyone live long enough to hear the pipes played at least once in the Highlands.
Scotland and Robbie Burns forever!
Clan MacPherson Bump! Nothing like a set of bagpipes to get the military in the mood to do it's job! I guess I'll put in my "Pipes of Scotland" tape now...
It's not just the Scottish. If the hairs on the back of one's neck don't stand up when hearing Amazing Grace on the pipes, they ARE the dearly departed.
Pipes & Drums of Free Republic pingHere is what the Marine Corps Hymn sounds like on a bagpipe.
http://216.69.32.102/BAB/midi/marinecorps.mid
Brilliant use of psychological warfare (though it might constitute a war crime)...
