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This song describes some of the fighting at the Battle of Falkirk as the Jacobites retreated north. It also makes mention of the Jacobite defeat at Culloden and expresses the wish that Prince Charl...

A Jacobite song and elegy to Sir Hector MacLean. He is praised as a leader of men, a soldier, and a loyal Jacobite by the side of Prince Charles. The clan is distressed that it was not possible to ...

This song tells of a woman sitting at a window in a tower combing her long, fair hair.

This Jacobite song welcomes Prince Charles Edward Stuart, whom the poet describes as the choicest of leaders.

The song has three main subjects. It praises the MacKenzies and William MacKenzie (Uilleam Dubh), the fifth earl and marquess of Seaforth. It lists friendly clans who would rise with the MacKenzies...

A song heralding the repeal of the Disarming Act of 1746. The poet is delighted that he can see men wearing kilts on the streets of Edinburgh and hear the bagpipes. He praises Montrose for standing...

A Jacobite song which gives a contemporary account of the Battle of Culloden.

A song heralding the repeal of the Disarming Act of 1746. The poet is delighted that he can see men wearing kilts on the streets of Edinburgh and hear the bagpipes. He praises Montrose for standing...

A fragment of a Jacobite song composed by Duncan Bàn MacIntyre, describing some of the scenes of the Battle of Falkirk.

An action song, set at a wedding in the Highlands at the time of the Jacobite rising. The guests express their delight at the news that Prince Charles Edward Stuart has returned to Scotland (Òran E...