A Hundred Pipers
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A Hundred Pipers is an old Scottish folk song (to the tune of The Durham Reel) that is the Authorized March of the 49th (Sault-Ste-Marie) Field Artillery.
[edit] Lyrics
These lyrics are in Scots.
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- O it's owre the border awa', awa'
- It's owre the border awa', awa'
- We'll on an' we'll march to Carlisle ha'
- Wi' its yetts, its castle an' a', an a'.
Chorus:
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- O! our sodger lads looked braw, looked braw,
- Wi' their tartan kilts an' a', an' a',
- Wi' their bonnets an' feathers an' glitt'rin' gear,
- An' pibrochs sounding loud and clear.
- Will they a' return to their ain dear glen?
- Will they a' return oor Heilan' men?
- Second sichted Sandy looked fu' wae.
- An' mithers grat when they march'd away.
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- O! wha' is foremos o' a', o' a',
- Oh wha' is foremost o' a', o' a',
- Bonnie Charlie the King o' us a', hurrah!
- Wi' his hundred pipers an' a', an ' a'.
- His bonnet and feathers he's waving high,
- His prancing steed maist seems to fly,
- The nor' win' plays wi' his curly hair,
- While the pipers play wi'an unco flare.
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
- The Esk was swollen sae red an' sae deep,
- But shouther to shouther the brave lads keep;
- Twa thousand swam owre to fell English ground
- An' danced themselves dry to the pibroch's sound.
- Dumfoun'er'd the English saw, they saw,
- Dumfoun'er'd they heard the blaw, the blaw,
- Dumfoun'er'd they a' ran awa', awa',
- Frae the hundred pipers an' a', an' a'.
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',
- We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw
- Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.
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