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Description: | Verse 1 (to the tune of 'Tranent Muir', page 103): 'Grahamus notabilis coegerat Montanos, Qui clypeis et gladiis fugarunt Anglicanos; Fugerant Vallicol��, atque Puritani, Cacavere Batavi et Cameroniani. Grahamius mirabilis, fortissimus Alcides, Cujus Regi fuerat intemerate fides, Agiles monticolas marte inspiravit, Et duplicatum numerum hostium profligavit.'
The 'Scots Musical Museum' is the most important of the numerous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century collections of Scottish song. When the engraver James Johnson started work on the second volume of his collection in 1787, he enlisted Robert Burns as contributor and editor. Burns enthusiastically collected songs from various sources, often expanding or revising them, whilst including much of his own work. The resulting combination of innovation and antiquarianism gives the work a feel of living tradition.
It is most unusual to find a Latin Scottish folksong and unfortunately neither Burns nor his commentator friends left any notes on this piece. There is no indication as to the origin or purpose of the song, and there is no obvious reason for its inclusion. It is about the Battle of Killicrankie and is played to the tune 'Tranent Muir', which also goes by the title 'Gillicrankie' or 'The Battle of Killicrankie'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | National Library of Scotland | Temporal: | 1787-01-01 - 1803-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Volume II, page 105, 'Pr��lium Gilli | Go to resource |
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