Silly Wizzard - The Secret Portrait, Wha'll Be King But Cherlie

[@tomnorton992]

For those who don't know this it is a musical take on a painting on display in Edinburgh. It looks like a bunch of weird color unless you place a parabolic mirror in exactly the right place. In the mirror you see a perfect portrait of Charlie. Phil wrote a sing that moved from a gavaut the royal dance of the day...became the Scottish loyalist song...to again go to court dancing mudic...never changed count..brilliant

[@norbukeung]

do you have the name of the painting by any chance?

[@ladel2540]

@@norbukeung The "Secret Painting" (or "Secret Portrait Object") is the most valuable piece in the West Highland Museum in the town of Fort William, Scotland. It can be seen on the museum website or even better in full screen on the National Archive website (the official national archive of the British government) with the web path [ Home > Education > Classroom resources > Jacobite Rising of 1745 > Secret portrait object ]. Another interesting thing about the Secret Painting is that it is essentially a counterfeit version of another painting, the portrait "Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest Son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart" by Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784). This other painting is instead located at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh

[@cueball4339]

Stoned oot ma box listening to this , mon lads we need a time machine to go back and gee the jacobites big machine guns

[@KamikazethecatII]

yes we do

[@moiramacgillivray4544]

A wid follow you 100%!!! Even if am but a wee lass...Guns in haun an' blazin'!!! Mon the Scots!!!

[@fenwayify]

@@moiramacgillivray4544 Perhaps you could help another wee lass, Greta Thunberg, in an equally righteous cause: cutting CO2 emissions. There are still other noble battles to be fought-just with words, not guns...we've had more than enough of them...

[@moiramacgillivray4544]

@@fenwayify Pal, am doing aw that! A jist dinnae get where Greta Thunberg fits intae the Jacobite Rebellion discussion... Aw a did wiz sayin' a'd love tae go back in time an' help ma kin tae win the battle at Drumossie Moor...

[@fenwayify]

@@moiramacgillivray4544 I love your use of Gaelic language Moira, as I did with Andy (I also love Silly Wizard's, "Donald MacGillavry," a near match to your last name). I too have Scottish roots and my mother's maiden name is Stuart. I meant no ill will to you, but appreciation for your spirit. I was only trying to say that since the Battle of Culloden was long lost, yet you retained their fighting drive, perhaps another righteous cause, such as saving our planet, could still be fought today. In any case, I side with the Scots and sympathize with the horrors they've endured. I also greatly resent England's past colonizing ways, as well as other nations who have done or are still doing the same today...By the way, my daughter is also a "wee lass," but she has the courage of a giant!

[@adhdblockedtobrilliantwith4293]

haven't heard this in a while. Love it so much!

[@PeterPlaysgamez]

best singer of all time

[@raforbes853]

Thanks for including the lyrics!

[@beauris2835]

doesn't match for 100% (

[@pamelawisebronson3511]

no, they don't

[@irelandserverferrersegura4021]

Ireland and scotland sisters🇮🇪🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@haroldgōdwinessunu]

Alba gu Bràth! Éireann go Brách!

[@CasperTheRamKnight]

amazing

[@ernie1903]

Not a lost cause still active

[@eoinnofallamhain8936]

We need to form some sort of Jacobite society and see if there still is interest in the movement

[@prottimus2396]

The cause is deader than the Stuarts

[@problematic7993]

lol

[@mojowwwav4357]

lol, you want to replace one german family with another? have you seen the descendants of charlie.

[@wilftodd3696]

​@@eoinnofallamhain8936there is it's "the Royal Stewart society"

[@edwardgilson2531]

Love it.

[@raforbes853]

Nice job with the lyrics. Peace.

[@JacobBite]

the song's name is the news frae moidart

[@vasileiosgiotisofficial]

The traditional one yes. This one arranged by Silly Wizard has a different title,albeit the same lyrics

[@llh293]

thanks for that! I didn't know the original title and you've made me all happy 😊

[@helloall1289]

Banger

[@breizhcatalonia1993]

Jacobitism is a long lost cause now, but if the claimants to the British throne by the jacobite branch would still clime the thrones of Britain, I will support them.

[@paulsmith5752]

Duke Franz of Bavaria is the current Jacobite heir, but he says he's happy with Bavaria :)

[@mmouse1886]

On top of that it kind of defeats the point of having the Jacobite Cause if the fuckin Heir to the Jacobite Throne is a German

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

The young Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein is directly in line to the Jacobite throne and he has trained with the British military. It does not defeat the point of the cause to support the rightful, lawful king. Royals have always intermarried so it's only to be expected that the heir of an exiled dynasty should have foreign blood.

[@abtinbozorg]

@@mmouse1886 it may have escaped your attention mate, but the Windsors are german as well.

[@mmouse1886]

@@abtinbozorg Thanks to Notifications it took me this long to reply to you, but, the Entire reason why the Jacobite cause was raised was to make the Hanoverians to get off the Throne of the Union. After fighting the wars all of the Scottish Stuarts faded out except for the current *German* Heirs to it, the Cause was to get Germans off the Throne so why bother with the cause anymore?

[@cosmomari4669]

CHALFIEEEE AAAAA

[@IrishMusicLover703]

Lyrics are off

[@bretwaldabjorn5657]

yes, they are.

[@bretwaldabjorn5657]

+the gaelic pictish person but still, good job.

[@anthonyreynolds1995]

Actually those are the official lyrics on many websites...

[@beauris2835]

@@anthonyreynolds1995 so Wizzard sings it a bit differently

[@edwardgilson9891]

@@beauris2835 And they do it justice.

[@edwardgilson2531]

Anyone with a Celtic background cannot help but admire resistance to British tyranny.

[@m.m.1301]

*english

[@blob22201]

lol Charles was trying to become the King of Britain, he wouldn't have been any nicer than the Georges.

[@w.reidripley1968]

@@blob22201 This is probable. After his defeat in the, erm, Quarter To Six, he spent the next decades drinking until it killed him.

[@wilftodd3696]

​@@m.m.1301*German

[@sogtonkottr4174]

Why do you keep playing that song.

[@sogtonkottr4174]

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