A Hundred Pipers

A Hundred Pipers is an old Scottish folk song (to the tune of The Durham Reel) that is the Authorized March of the 49th (Sault-Ste-Marie) Field Artillery.

Lyrics

These lyrics are in Scots.

:"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',":"We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'.":"O it's owre the border awa', awa"':"It's owre the border awa', awa"':"We'll on an' we'll march to Carlisle ha"':"Wi' its yetts, its castle an' a', an a'."

Chorus::"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',":"We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'."

:"O! our sodger lads looked braw, looked braw,":"Wi' their tartan kilts an' a', an' a',":"Wi' their bonnets an' feathers an' glitt'rin' gear,":"An' pibrochs sounding loud and clear.":"Will they a' return to their ain dear glen?":"Will they a' return oor Heilan' men?":"Second sichted Sandy looked fu' wae.":"An' mithers grat when they march'd away.":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',":"We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'."

:"O! wha' is foremos o' a', o' a',":"Oh wha' is foremost o' a', o' a',":"Bonnie Charlie the King o' us a', hurrah!":"Wi' his hundred pipers an' a', an ' a'.":"His bonnet and feathers he's waving high,":"His prancing steed maist seems to fly,":"The nor' win' plays wi' his curly hair,":"While the pipers play wi'an unco flare.":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',":"We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'."

:"The Esk was swollen sae red an' sae deep,":"But shouther to shouther the brave lads keep;":"Twa thousand swam owre to fell English ground":"An' danced themselves dry to the pibroch's sound.":"Dumfoun'er'd the English saw, they saw,":"Dumfoun'er'd they heard the blaw, the blaw,":"Dumfoun'er'd they a' ran awa', awa',":"Frae the hundred pipers an' a', an' a'.":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a',":"We'll up an' gie them a blaw, a blaw":"Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'."

External links

* [http://ingeb.org/songs/wiahundr.html The Lyrics]
* [http://ingeb.org/songs/taethela.mid Melody to A Hundred Pipers] -- This link does not point to the tune "Wi' A Hundred Pipers". Rather, the link points to the tune "Bonnie Dundee", which is often played sequentially with the former tune in many bagpipe band repertoires. The correct tune for "Wi' A Hundred Pipers" may be found here: [http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/song-midis/Wi_a_Hundred_Pipers.htm "Wi' A Hundred Pipers"] . It should be noted that this incorrect assignment of "Bonnie Dundee" as the tune for "Wi' A Hundred Pipers" is replicated in many places across the Internet. Most seem to point back to the site originally referenced "(http://ingeb.org/songs/wiahundr.html)" in this article -- which contains the error.
* [http://www.luton-lambeg.org/music/fifing_tunes/hundred_pipers/hundred_pipers.htm A Hundred Pipers arranged and played on fife]