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An fhideag airigid
Co a sheinneas an fhideag airigid Ho ro hu a hu il o Mac mo righ air tighinn a dh'Alba Air lang mhar nar tri chrann airgid Air long riomhach nam ball airgid Tearlach og nan gorm shuil mealach Failte, failte mian is clui dhuit Fidhleireachd is ragha a'uil dhuit Co a chanadh nach seinninn fhin i
(英文版)An fhideag airgid - The silver whistle
Who will play the silver reed (for pipe chanter), when the Son of my King is coming home? asks the bard in this song which was evidently composed before the rising of l745. While the ship in which Prince Charles had cros sed Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com from Eriskay lay in Loch nan Uamh, Moidart, it was the sound of the bagpipe from the men of Donald Cameron of Locheil - the Gentle Lochiel - that encouraged the young prince to proceed with his adventure and other clans to jo in the Stewart cause.
It is a matter of historical record that hundreds of volunteers were found who were willing to play the silver reed for the homecoming of the Son of th eir King, and that thousands more made the supreme sacrifice for his dommed cause. This is surely testimony to the intensity of the affection the Jacobites had for the house of Stewart in general and for Prince Charles Edward Stewart in particular.
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