The white cockade
Language:
English
A Highland lad my love was born,
The Lalland laws he held in scorn;
But he still was faithfu' to his clan,
My gallant, braw John Highlandman.
Sing hey my braw John Highlandman!
Sing ho my braw John Highlandman!
There's not a lad in a' the lan'
Was match for my John Highlandman.
With his philibeg an' tartan plaid,
An' guid claymore down by his side,
The ladies' hearts he did trepan,
My gallant, braw John Highlandman.
Sing hey, &c.
We ranged a' from Tweed to Spey,
An' liv'd like lords an' ladies gay;
For a Lalland face he feared none, -
My gallant, braw John Highlandman.
Sing hey, &c.
They banish'd him beyond the sea.
But ere the bud was on the tree,
Adown my cheeks the pearls ran,
Embracing my John Highlandman.
Sing hey, &c.
But, och! they catch'd him at the last,
And bound him in a dungeon fast:
My curse upon them every one,
They've hang'd my braw John Highlandman!
Sing hey, &c.
And now a widow, I must mourn
[The pleasures that will]1 ne'er return:
[The]2 comfort but a hearty can,
When I think on John Highlandman.
Sing hey, &c.
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sup>1 Haydn: "Departed joys that"
2 Haydn: "No"
Glossary:
Braw = fine, handsome
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Set in
German,
a translation of
Wilhelm Gerhard
GER
Date added to the website: 2004-06-30.
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Hochlandbursch
Language:
German
Schönster Bursch den je ich traf,
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
Trug den Plaid und war so brav,
Hochlandbursch
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
Blaue Mütze stand ihm gut,
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
War ein edles treues Blut,
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
Hörnerschall, Kanonenknall,
Holde Maid vom Niederland,
Dröhnen in der Berge Wall,
Holde Maid vom Niederland,
Ruhm und Ehre laden ein,
Holde Maid vom Niederland,
Freiheit soll die Lösung sein,
Holde Maid vom Niederlande!
Rückwärts wird die Sonne geh'n,
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
Eh' sie mutlos dich geseh'n,
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
Folge deines Ruhmes Stern,
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
Land und Krone deinem Herrn,
Wackrer Bursche, Hochlandbursch!
Input by Dr. Gert den Hartogh
Authorship
Based on
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Date added to the website: 2004-06-30.
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