Jacobite Relics

Jacobite Relics of Scotland; Being the Songs, Airs and Legends of the Adherents to the house of Stuart
AuthorJames Hogg
LanguageEnglish/Scots
SubjectJacobitism
GenreSong book
PublisherWilliam Blackwood
Publication date1819 (1st volume)
1821 (2nd volume)
Publication placeEdinburgh
Pages424 (1st volume)
480 (2nd volume)
TextJacobite Relics of Scotland; Being the Songs, Airs and Legends of the Adherents to the house of Stuart at Wikisource

Jacobite Relics is a two volume collection of songs related to Jacobitism and Jacobite risings, compiled by the Scottish poet and novelist James Hogg on commission from the Highland Society of London in 1817. Most of the songs in the collection are Jacobite, and a minority are Whig. A number of the songs were written or adapted by Robert Burns and scholars speculate as to how many of them were authored or at least substantially altered by Hogg himself.

The first volume was published in 1819 under the title The Jacobite Relics of Scotland; Being the Songs, Airs, and Legends, of the Adherents to the House of Stuart. The second volume was published in 1821. An edited version of the work was published in 2002 (Volume 1) and 2003 (Volume 2) by Edinburgh University Press as Volumes 10 and 12 of the Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of The Complete Works of James Hogg. The editor was Murray G. H. Pittock.

After being revived by Ewan MacColl, several of the songs included gained new popularity in the 20th century through performances by musicians such as The Corries, Steeleye Span and Eddi Reader, among others – most notably Ye Jacobites by Name (#34), Cam Ye o'er frae France (#53) and Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation (#36).

List of songs

The numbered songs (with music)

Volume 1

  1. The King shall enjoy his own again
  2. The Haughs of Cromdale (Roud 5147)
  3. Lesley's March to Scotland
  4. Lesley's March to Longmaston Moor
  5. The Restoration
  6. The Royal Oak Tree
  7. Tree of Friendship
  8. The Drowning of Care
  9. Hey, then, up go we
  10. You're welcome, Whigs, from Bothwell Brigs
  11. Cakes o' Crowdy
  12. There cam' a Fiddler out o' Fife
  13. Ne'er to return
  14. King William's March
  15. It was a' for our rightfu' King
  16. Three good Fellows ayont you Glen
  17. The Battle of Killicrankie
  18. Prælium Gilliecrankianum
  19. Killicrankie (Roud 8187)
  20. The Devil o'er Stirling
  21. Willie the Wag
  22. The Cameronian Cat
  23. Carle, an the King come
  24. Willie Winkie's Testament
  25. The Act of Succession
  26. Would you know what a Whig is
  27. When the King comes o'er the Water
  28. Freedom's Farewell
  29. Come, fill your Bowls
  30. The King shall enjoy his own
  31. Here's a Health to them that's away
  32. Over the Seas and far awa
  33. I hae nae Kith, I hae nae Kin
  34. Ye Jacobites by Name (Roud 5517)
  35. My Love he was a Highland Lad
  36. Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation (Roud 5516)
  37. This is no my ain House
  38. There'll never be Peace till Jamie comes hame
  39. The Awkward Squad
  40. The Union
  41. The Thistle and the Rose
  42. Queen Anne; or, The Auld Gray Mare
  43. Bishop Burnet's Descent into Hell
  44. A wicked old Peer
  45. Sarum's Dirge
  46. Awa, Whigs, awa
  47. The Broad Swords of Scotland
  48. There was a Man came from the Moon
  49. At Auchindown
  50. The Riding Mare
  51. The wee wee German Lairdie (Roud 2573)
  52. The Ringing o't
  53. Came ye o'er frae France (Roud 5814)
  54. Let our great James come over
  55. The Sow's Tail to Geordie
  56. Plain Truth
  57. The Pilfering Brood
  58. Kirn-milk Geordie
  59. Come, let us drink a Health, Boys
  60. Donald Macgillavry
  61. Jamie the Rover
  62. The Curses
  63. Perfidious Britain
  64. The Thistle of Scotland
  65. Frae the Friends and Land I love
  66. Here's to the King, Sir
  67. The Cuckoo
  68. The Rebellious Crew
  69. My Laddie
  70. Geordie Whelps' Testament
  71. O, royal James
  72. The auld Stuarts back again
  73. Down among the Dead Men
  74. Robin John Clark
  75. Both Sides the Tweed
  76. The Fifth of November
  77. The Bonny Moorhen
  78. The Waes o' Scotland
  79. Lochmaben Gate
  80. Hame, Hame, Hame
  81. Our ain Country
  82. Marilla
  83. A South-Sea Ballad
  84. O, beautiful Britannia
  85. Nobody can deny
  86. James, come kiss me now
  87. What Murrain now has ta'en the Whigs
  88. True Blue
  89. Will ye go to Sheriffmuir
  90. The Chevalier's Muster-Roll

Volume 2

  1. The Battle of Sheriffmuir
  2. Dialogue, &c. &c.
  3. Dialogue, &c. &c. Modern Set
  4. From Bogie Side; or, The Marquis's Raide
  5. Up an' waur them a, Willie
  6. O my King
  7. Aikendrum (Roud 2571)
  8. He winna be guided by me
  9. Kenmure's on an' awa, Willie
  10. Derwentwater
  11. Lord Derwentwater's Goodnight
  12. The Young Maxwell
  13. Lament for the Lord Maxwell
  14. The Lusty Carlin
  15. What ails thee, poor Shepherd
  16. The Tenth of June
  17. The Whigs o' Fife
  18. The White Cockade
  19. The Piper of Dundee
  20. Here's a Health to the valiant Swede
  21. Three Healths
  22. Somebody
  23. For an Apple of Gold
  24. The King's Anthem
  25. Britons who dare to claim
  26. There was a Cooper
  27. Tho' Geordie reigns in Jamie's Stead
  28. O how shall I venture
  29. Merry may the Keel row
  30. Highland Harry
  31. The Man o' the Moon
  32. Whurry Whigs awa
  33. The Blackbird
  34. Our ain bonny Laddie
  35. Come let us be jovial
  36. The Clans are coming
  37. The Clans are all away
  38. O'er the Water to Charlie
  39. An yon be he
  40. Song of Expostulations
  41. Lewie Gordon
  42. He comes, he comes, the hero comes
  43. Macdonald's Gathering. From the Gaelic
  44. To daunton me
  45. To daunton me Second Set
  46. To daunton me Third Set
  47. Be valiant still
  48. Maclean's Welcome. From the Gaelic
  49. Charlie is my Darling (Modern) (Roud 5510)
  50. Charlie is my Darling (Original)
  51. Turn the Blue Bonnet wha can, wha can
  52. The Athol Gathering
  53. The Gathering Rant
  54. Wha wadna fight for Charlie
  55. An excellent new Song on the Rebellion
  56. A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Geordie
  57. Turnimspike
  58. Johnnie Cope (Roud 2315)
  59. Johnnie Cope Second Set
  60. O my bonny Highland Laddie
  61. The Battle of Prestonpans
  62. The Highland Laddie
  63. Cock up your Beaver
  64. To your arms, my bonny Highland Lads
  65. By the side of a country Kirk Wall
  66. The Mayor of Carlisle
  67. The Battle of Falkirk Moor
  68. The Highlandmen came down the Hill
  69. Anns and the Man
  70. Welcome, Royal Charlie
  71. Welcome, Royal Charlie Second Set
  72. Kane to the King. From the Gaelic
  73. Young Airly
  74. Young Airly Another Set
  75. Bonny Charlie
  76. Callum-a-Glen. From the Gaelic
  77. The Sun rises bright in France
  78. The Old Man's Lament
  79. Now Charles asserts his Father's right
  80. Farewell to Glen-Shalloch. From the Gaelic
  81. The Lovely Lass of Inverness
  82. The Lovely Lass of Inverness Modern Set
  83. The Frasers in the Correi. From the Gaelic
  84. A Balland, &c.
  85. The Highlander's Lament
  86. Prince Charles and Flora Macdonald's Welcome to Sky
  87. The Highland Widow's Lament
  88. Here's his Health in Water
  89. Up an' rin awa, Willie
  90. The Lament of Flora Macdonald. From the Gaelic
  91. The Tears of Scotland
  92. Gladsmuir
  93. You're welcome, Charlie Stuart
  94. The Highlander's Farewell. From the Gaelic
  95. Towly's Ghost
  96. Lenachan's Farewell. From the Gaelic
  97. Bessy's Haggies
  98. Waes me for Prince Charlie (Modern)
  99. Charlie Stuart
  100. Culloden Day. From the Gaelic
  101. Will he no come back again
  102. The Battle of Val
  103. Carlisle Yetts
  104. Cumberland and Murray's Descent into Hell
  105. Geordie sits in Charlie's Chair
  106. Lawland Lassie
  107. Highland Laddie (Modern)
  108. On the restoration of the Forfeited Estates, 1784
  109. The Hill of Lochiel. From the Gaelic
  110. Lassie, lie near me

Appendix (without music)

Jacobite songs listed in the appendix

Volume 1
  • A Tory in a Whig's Coat
  • John Hielandman's Visit to the Quarter Session
  • Albany
  • The Cannons now are at a Stand
  • The Removal of the Parliament from London to Oxford
  • Donald Cowper
  • Information
  • The Present State of England
  • Titus Telltroth
  • Ignoramus
  • The Man of Fashion
  • The Loyal Health
  • A Narrative of the old Plot; being a new Song
  • Jack Presbyter's Wish
  • The Pot-Companions
  • The Protestant Flail
  • The Royal Litany
  • The Loyal Conquest
  • Whig upon Whig
  • Eustace Comines, the Irish Evidence, his Farewell to England
  • Dagon's Fall
  • Lament for the Apprehending of Sir Thomas Armstrong
  • Pluto, the Prince of Darkness, &c.
  • The Whigs exposed
  • An excellent new Song, &c.
  • The Royal Admiral
  • The Happy Return of the Old Dutch Miller
  • There's none so happy as we
  • Patience Ward
  • Hail to the Prince of the Plot
  • Honest Redcoat
  • The Western Rebel
  • The Loyal Irishman
  • The Plot is rent and torn
  • A new Litany
  • The Constitution restored in 1711
Volume 2
  • The Bee-Hive
  • Over the Seas an' far awa
  • The Wind has blawn my Plaid away
  • Over the Seas an' far away
  • Let Misers tremble o'er their wealth
  • The Gathering of the Clans
  • Britons now retrieve your glory
  • The Whigs' Glory (Modern)
  • Scotland's Call
  • Owre the Muir amang the Heather (Modern)
  • The Lady looked frae her Ha'
  • The appearance of Cromwell's Ghost on tire eve of the battle of Culloden
  • Culloden
  • Bauldy Fraser
  • Culloden; or Lochiel's Farewell
  • The Chevalier's Lament
  • Strathallan's Lament
  • The Song of M'Rimmon Glash. From the Gaelic
  • Prince Charles's Lament
  • The Fate of Charlie
  • Bannocks o' Barley
  • The Emigrant
  • The Exile's Return
  • Lament of old Duncan Skene, of Clan Donochie. From the Gaelic
  • Though rugged and rough be the Land of my Birth

Whig songs listed in the appendix

Hogg states that he believed that these were all of English origin

Volume 1
  • Fifth of November
  • Song on the Thirtieth of January 1696
  • A Health
  • King William's Birth-Day
  • Haste over, Hanover, fast as you can over
  • Loyalty displayed, &c.
  • The French King's Thanks and Advice, &c.
  • The Age of Wonders
  • Tantivy Tory
  • Nothing but Truth
  • God prosper long this freeborn Isle
  • The Truth at last
  • If now at last we must give up Spain
  • George at last shall wear the Crown
  • The Merchant a-la-Mode
  • A Litany
  • Hey, Boys, up go we
  • The First Psalm
  • Advice to Britons
  • The High-Church Alarm
  • The Raree Show
  • Raree Show
  • First of August
  • First of August
  • First of August
  • First of August
  • No Popery here shall thrive
  • Tories' Lamentation
  • Vile Tricksters and Greggsters
  • Advice to the Tories
  • King George's Birth-Day
  • Now, now is come the glorious Year
  • Brunswick Mum
  • That Protestants with Protestants
  • On his Majesty's Coronation
  • Here's a Health to the King
  • No more the Danger of the Church
  • Rue and Tyme
  • On the Breaking out of the Rebellion
  • The High-Church shall never make Perkin a King
  • The Pretender's Army
Volume 2
  • Nobody can deny
  • In vain are the Hopes of a Popish Pretender
  • The Jacobites' Downfall
  • Perkin's Lament
  • The Ablution
  • The Raree Show
  • The Raree Show
  • The right and true History of Perkin
  • High Church Loyalty
  • The Battle o' Dumblane
  • The Ape entrapped must not complain
  • In troth, Friend Harry
  • Perkin's Last adventure; or a Trip through the Back-Door
  • The Latter end of the Tories
  • A Trip to the Mountains
  • Nobody can deny
  • O Brother Sandie, hear ye the News
  • Over the Hills an' far away
  • Ye freeborn Hearts, that hold most dear
  • 'Twas at the Hour of dark Midnight
  • Haud awa frae me, Donald
  • Fame, let thy Trumpet sound
  • Stand round, my brave Boys
  • The Battle of Falkirk
  • Your glasses charge high, 'tis in brave William's praise
  • Come let the Toast go round
  • Few good Fellows when Willie's awa
  • Ye Britons, ye Freemen
  • Willie is a warlike Prince
  • Up an' waur them a', Willie
  • A Health to the Constitution
  • Anniversary of Culloden
  • Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie
  • In Edina's fair City
  • Bonny bonny Beef
  • How happy are we
  • Fragments

References

  1. ↑ Hogg, James (1821). "Introduction". The Jacobite relics of Scotland. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. pp. vii–xvi. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Mack, Douglas S. (2004). "James Hogg". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13470. Retrieved 2016-01-29. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ Hogg, James (1819). The Jacobite relics of Scotland – volume 1. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
  4. ↑ Hogg, James (1821). The Jacobite relics of Scotland – volume 2. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
  5. ↑ Hogg, James (2002). Pittock, Murray (ed.). The Jacobite relics of Scotland. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1592-X. OCLC 314259227.
  6. ↑ Hogg, James (2003). Pittock, Murray (ed.). The Jacobite relics of Scotland. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1591-1.
  7. ↑ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "Mary Drummond". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62762. Retrieved 2023-06-11. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)