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MacCrimmon's Lament

from Neofolk Romantique by Sharon Knight

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about

During the Jacobite Rising in 1745 the chief of Clan MacLeod supported the Hanoverians against the Jacobites. As MacLeod's piper, Donald Ban MacCrimmon took an active part in the conflicts against the Jacobite forces. Donald Ban was captured on December 23, 1745, following the Hanoverian defeat at the Battle of Inverurie (1745). During his captivity, the pipers in the Jacobite army went on strike, refusing to play while the "King of Pipers" was held captive. According to popular tradition, Donald Ban wrote his well-known lament as a premonition of his fate.

Donald Ban was eventually killed during the "Rout of Moy", when on February 18, 1746, with the Jacobites marching on Inverness, Lord Loudoun led 1,500 men in an attempt to capture Charles Edward Stuart. In the encounter a single shot was fired and Donald Ban was instantly killed. With the death of their piper, panic quickly spread and Loudoun's forces fled.

from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacCrimmon_%28piping_family%29

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Maccrimmon's Lament
(trad. arranged Sharon Knight/Paul Nordin/Ann Gray)

Round Cuillin's peak the mist is sailing
The banshee croons her note of wailing
But my blue e'en with sorrow are streaming
For him that will never return, MacCrimmon

No more, no more, no more, forever
In war nor in peace shall return MacCrimmon
Till dawns the sad day of doom and burning
MacCrimmon is home no more returning

It’s dirges of woe, the sea is sighing
The boat under sail is listlessly lying
The voice of the waves in sadness is dying
Saying thou art away and never returning

No more, no more, no more MacCrimmon;
In war nor in peace shall return MacCrimmon;
Till dawns that sad day of doom and burning,
MacCrimmon is home no more returning

MacCloud’s wizard flag from the gray castle sallies
The rowers are unseated, and moored are the galleys
Gleam war axe and broadsword clang target and quiver
For him that shall never return, MacCrimmon

No more, no more, no more forever
In war nor or peace shall return MacCrimmon
No more, no more, no more forever
Shall love or gold bring back MacCrimmon

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from Neofolk Romantique, released August 1, 2013
Sharon Knight: vocals
Paul Nordin: bagpipes

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Festival favorites Sharon Knight and her longtime collaborator Winter perform a mythic-Celtic style, which they call "Neofolk Romantique; songs for poets, adventurers and lovers of mystery". They tour internationally several months of the year, bringing their fantastical tales of love and magic to festivals, cafes, and homes across the land. ... more

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