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Wae's me for Prince Charlie (album)

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Released
  
1978

Artist
  
Battlefield Band

Label
  
Escalibur

Length
  
40:57

Release date
  
1978

Genre
  
Celtic music

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Waes me for prince charlie


Wae's me for Prince Charlie is Battlefield Band's second (studio) album on the Escalibur label. It was first released on LP in 1978 as Volume II - Wae's me for Prince Charlie.

Contents

Content

The album is a sort of "follow-up" to Volume I - Farewell to Nova Scotia which had been previously released on LP in 1976 as Battlefield Band's debut (studio) album on the Escalibur label.

Track listing

Side A : 19:49

  1. "Pipe Major George Allan" 4.55 (Donald MacLeod)
  2. "Wae's Me for Prince Charlie" (*) 4.05 (William Glen)
  3. "Lady Madeleine Sinclair / The Spey in Spate / The Duke of Perth" 3.09 (trad. / J.S. Skinner / trad.)
  4. "The Hieland Sodger" (*), (**) & (****) 3.34 (trad.)
  5. "The Streaker/The Wee Man from Skye/The Irish Washer Wife" 4.06

Side B : 21:08

  1. "The Arran Boat / The Canty Auld Man / Drummond Castle" 5.29 (trad.)
  2. "The Lothian Hairst" (**) 3.31 (trad.)
  3. "The Barngann Gil" 2.52 (trad.)
  4. "Mormond Braes" (***) 5.17 (trad.)
  5. "Cherish the Ladìes / The Rambling Pitchfork" 3.59 (trad.)

Battlefield Band

  • Brian McNeill: voice (**), guitar, fiddle, concertina, mandolin, viola
  • Jamie McMenemy: voice (***), mandolin, banjo, fiddle, Irish flute
  • John Gahagan: voice (****), Irish flute, whistle, concertina, bones
  • Alan Reid: voice (*), organ, guitar, piano, accordion

    • Guest musicians

  • David John Munro: Uilleann pipes
  • Ian McDonald: Scottish Highland pipes
  • Angus McGregor: Northumbrian pipes

    • Songs

    1Pipe Major George Allan4:57
    2Wae's Me for Prince Charlie4:11
    3Lady Madeleine Sinclair / The Spey in Spate / The Duke of Perth3:15

    References

    Wae's me for Prince Charlie (album) Wikipedia
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