I'm not Scottish but this song really hits me in a way I can't describe probably the most amazing piece of music I have ever heard or ever will hear Glory to Scotland 🏴
As an Irishman, I feel an equal patriotism for Scotland as I do my native Ireland. We are two nations, but the same people, and I will never turn on my Gaelic brothers and sisters.
A lot of Scots are cynical about outsiders claiming that their hearts swell with pride for being Scottish, but those who act that way seem to forget the massive diaspora of Scottish people created from the highland clearances. We have a right to feel proud of Scottish heritage as much as any mainland Scot. It's not our fault the highland clearances happened
Ally, I don't think us Highlanders are cynical of outsiders other than they outprice locals from houses. Nothing to do with the clearances. Most folk just want to live and not be a tourist attraction. Just my opinion as a born and bred Invernessian. 🏴
Such a proud song that would have made their insular Celtic ancestors proud. :) Great song! and a proud and strong people unafraid of death. Rather it is a challenge to death itself. I would imagine that the message is the same as saying "You may take our lives and our rebelion from us at the battle of Culloden but never our fighting spirit and songs of glory"
Hùg hó ill a ill ó Hùg hó o ró nàill i Hùg hó ill a ill ó Seinn oho ró nàill i Moch sa mhadainn is mi dùsgadh Is mòr mo shunnd is mo cheòl-gáire On a chuala mi am Prionnsa Thighinn do dhùthaich Chloinn Ràghnaill Hùg hó ill a ill ó Hùg hó o ró nàill i Hùg hó ill a ill ó Seinn oho ró nàill i Gràinne-mullach gach rìgh thu Slàn gum pill thusa Theàrlaich Is ann tha an fhìor-fhuil gun truailleadh Anns a' ghruaidh is mòr nàire Hùg hó ill a ill ó Hùg hó o ró nàill i Hùg hó ill a ill ó Seinn oho ró nàill i Mar ri barrachd na h-uaisle Dh' èireadh suas le deagh nàdar Is nan tigeadh tu rithist Bhiodh gach tighearna nan àite Hùg hó ill a ill ó Hùg hó o ró nàill i Hùg hó ill a ill ó Seinn oho ró nàill i Is nan càraicht an crùn ort Bu mhùirneach do chàirdean Bhiodh Loch Iall mar bu chòir dha Cur an òrdugh nan Gàidheal Hùg hó ill a ill ó Hùg hó o ró nàill i Hùg hó ill a ill ó Seinn oho ró nàill i Hùg hó ill a ill ó Hùg hó o ró nàill i Hùg hó ill a ill ó Seinn oho ró nàill i
It’s just so beautiful when Nordics, Irish and Scottish people chant and sing together they always so in sync and full of harmony…. Especially when they are in a pub or bar Drinking beer or whiskey.
I take consolation that of those who suffered heaviest from the defeat at Culloden, that being those committed to the clan way of life not just in Scotland but throughout the British Empire, many went on to flee to America and their sons gave the British a proper defeat after which they resumed living freely. Would that this generation possessed such a soul to fight with and for.
First main European settlers to the Americas: the English Rebelled against the home government (therefore, effectively, a civil war): English, etc Define freedom, which was taken away from the Indigenous Peoples Clans fought on both sides at Culloden Prince Charles Edward Stewart 'invaded' England + killed innocent people Even Wales (my country) was not immune from Jacobite destruction, etc Time to take films with a huge pinch of salt?!
A very haunting and stirring melody - something in my genes connects with this song in such a way I’ll be humming it without thinking it. If only the words came as easy as the melody.
Haunting song..initially heard it on Outlander's Season 5 Episode 1. I've always found Gaelic to be so lyrical; it touches the heart strings. As an American, I even wish some Americans could speak this way, forsaking the Valley Girl dialect I hear far too often in film. Although, I thank the heavens for the southern dialects of my southern homeland.
The key to pushing Scottish Gaidhlig is for Scotland to embrace modern music, rather than stick by traditional music (though this song is damn awesome). Wales did it this way and now the language is flourishing. I'd like to see Scotland revive Gaidhlig through music and not go down the road Ireland did with Gaelige.
@@feuille2763 I think both versions of the song at different points moved me so much. But dear god, when Jamie came out in his kilt for the first time in what would be 20+ years since the Jacobite rebellion and him reconnecting with his culture, I was in literal tears.
Cracking tune Griogair - sorry we missed you at the Malliag Feis - hope toget to meet you soon. If you are back along this road to Mallaig - give us a shout on facebook and pop in for a wee dram and blether :-). Gary (COI Group)
The Seven Men of Moidart. A chomuinn rìoghail rùnaich Sàr-ùmhlachd thugaibh uaibh, Biodh ur roisg gun smùirnein, 'S gach cridh' gun treas gin lùib ann; Deoch-slàinte Sheumais Stiùbhairt
Not sad at all, it's a song of great optimism. Imagine it sung a little faster, with the clansmen marching to it's rhythm to meet Prince Charles' army as they prepare for battle against the redcoats. Very stirring!
I can write you some. It's a bit messy but works for English speakers Thug ho-o, laithill ho-o Thug o-ho-ro an aill libh Thug ho-o, laithill ho-o Seinn o-ho-ro an aill libh Hug ho-o lai hill ho-o Hug o-ho-ro an ail liv Hug ho-o lai hill ho-o Shine o-ho-ro an ail liv Och ‘sa mhaduinn’s mi dusgadh ‘S mor mo shunnd’s mo cheol-gaire O’n a chuala mi ‘m Prionnsa Thighinn do dhuthaich Chlann Ra’ill Okh sa vadun's mee doosga 'S mor mo hund's mo kh-yol gah-rer O'n a khwala mee 'm Preeonsa Higinn do goohikh khlann ra-ill Grainne mullaich gach righ thu Slan gum pill thusa, Thearlaich ‘S ann th ‘n fhior-fhuil gun truailleadh Anns a ghruadh is mor-naire Gran-ya moolikh gakh ree hoo Slan gum pill husser, h-yarlikh Sown han eer-ool gun troo-ill-yer Owns a grooag is mor-nah-rer
The english raped my land, sent my kin in chains to the far corners of the earth( that is the ones they did not hang) there is a hatred that will never ever die. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
You guys ever think about your ancestors? If they whisper to you, pray for you or walk with you from time to time. Well as a kid i would see in my mind the mighty kilts that once clothed these men, and the swords that may have been held by those same proud full warriors. And I searched my history and my blood shows that now a quarter of me is still Scottish And I think back and wonder who my ancestors were, how they lived and I wonder if they want to be remembered.
I did from a young age even before I knew there stories. I knew of brave scottsmen, my rebellious welsh ancestors and my Irish ancestors who I had a vague idea that they served in the civil war and then used the pension to be farmers or lost the farm in the down turn and went into steel milling. Or worse had to lay rail for the railroads
I'm Italian but I'm such a fanboy of Scotland, all those centuries being oppressed by the English, they deserved their independence long, long ago, I just wish the Scots weren't such immigrant loving leftists..
Max trust me we don’t like the immigrants coming here the reason we stayed was because our Scottish government is incompetent and if we went independent we would be as skint as Ireland and our taxes would be through the roof
Max - don't trust him, he doesn't know what he's talking about. We (mostly) certainly do welcome immigrants here, as we recognise both the economical and cultural benefits of doing so - I should know as I am one. His comments regarding the Scottish Government & the country's economic health are so wide of the mark that I suspect he can't possibly live here & foolishly forms his opinions from what he reads in English-based press.
@@prigual2901 at any time in Prince Charles time in Scotland many more Scots were against him, than were for him. Most lowland Scots had no sympathy for the Gealic speaking highlanders who by and large lived by thieving from one another or from lowland Scots who were English speaking, Charlie never unified Scotland to his cause he created division.
I think Charlie really wanted to do more for Scotland, but he did not have the power or the means to accomplish it. Still, I'm sure that any child of nobility, especially one raised so far away from the homeland, must have been out of touch with his people. Despite my channel's name, I'm not so much a fanatic for a long-dead prince as I am a modern spectator inspired by the songs of our ancestors. Greetings from afar, with blessings to both sides of the Sruth na Maoile.
@@bonnieprincecharlie774 And - an inconvenient fact for some - the Hanoverian forces had a _lot_ of Scots in them: three battalions of Lowland Scots foot soldiers, as well as Clans Campbell, Munro, Sutherland, MacKay, Ross, Gunn and Grant.
