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Mi' a bunbreJ) pipere.*
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2. Oh ! our sod - gar lads look'd braw, look'd braw, Wi' their tar - tan, Icilt, an'
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* This song refers to Prince Charlie's capture of Carlisle in November, 1745. The Prince entered Carlisle s^ted on a white charger, and
■^preceded by one hundred pipers. In the retreat some two thousand Higlilanders crossed the Esk at Longtown. The river was in flood, and
took them nearly breast high. On reaching the opposite side, the pipers struck up, and tiie daring Highlanders danced reels and strathspeys
till they were dry again. The air, which is evidently modern, was tirst issued with Lady Nairn's verses about the year 1852 by Messrs.
Wood & Co., Edinburgh, as a single song, with symphonies and accompaniment by Elizabeth Kainforth ; a few years later it was secured by
Messrs. Paterson & Sous, Edinburgh, for the second edition of the Lays from Stratheam, 1S57. Whence Miss Rainforth obtained tlie air is
unfortunately not kno\vn, but there is little doubt that it was composed to Lady Naime's song. Miss Rainforth was a Soprano vocalist, who
resided in Edinburgh about 1851-56 ; she was born in London in 1814, and died in Kedlaud, Bristol^ in 1877.