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Freedom Come-All-Ye

Date 12 October 1985
Track ID 93614
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1985.164

Original Tape ID

SA1985.164

Summary

This song opens with the imagery of a great wind blowing away the rogues who plague mankind. Young men will no longer be sent to war on the orders of jingoists, children will not suffer the anguish of lost fathers, and those in other lands will no longer curse invading Scots. The singer closes with a call to ignore doom-mongers and instead welcome all peoples. Hope will bring a just future, when the oppressed will defeat their oppressors.

Item Notes

Composed by Hamish Henderson (1919-2002). Recorded at Inverness Folk Club 20th Anniversary Concert.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Inverness and Bona

Village/Place - Inverness

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good