"Òran Eile don Phrionnsa" - "Another Song for the Prince" - Scottish Jacobite Song

“Oran Eile Don Phrionnsa” is one of Gaelic songs composed by the Highland bard Alexander MacDonald (Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair). Hailing from Clan MacDonald of Clanranald, Alasdair possessed the almost unheard of skill, for the time, of being able to read and write in the vernacular Scottish Gaelic language, composing poetry early in his life. The Jacobite Rising of 1745 brought out his lyrical talent, writing numerous songs which found use in recruiting efforts. Throughout the course of the rebellion, Alasdair served as the Makar for the Highland Army, and had even been charged with teaching Prince Charlie Gaelic.
"Moch Sa Mhadainn" performed by Griogair Labhruidh, Arranged by Bear McCreary, 2016.

[@lucario2188]

Most people don't know, but this poem convinced Prince Charlie to go Scotland. Aeneas Macdonald one of the Seven Men of Moidart, read to him this poem in France alongside with the Song of the Highland Clans to convince him.

[@olekcholewa8171]

Did Charlie speak Gaelic?

[@lucario2188]

@@olekcholewa8171 No, he was read a english translation. He was learning Gaelic, before the battle of culloden.

[@olekcholewa8171]

@@lucario2188 Did he finish learning while living in France or Italy?

[@lucario2188]

@@olekcholewa8171 No, because the person that was teaching him(The same person that wrote this song) remained in Scotland.

[@olekcholewa8171]

@@lucario2188 A pity. Did he speak Scots then? Or only English?

[@KyleEricksonPoetry1617]

I’m Canadian with some Highland Scottish roots. My MacLellan ancestors came from the Island of South Uist, which is “The Land of Clanranald.” After the defeat at Culloden, Prince Charlie fled back to South Uist and was hidden in a cave. That cave is only 5km from where my MacLellan ancestors were living at the time. Mine left for PEI in 1787, and I’ve seen pictures of their ruined houses on Uist. So much history. I understand there are still a few MacLellans on the Island. I long to go back. I say “back” even though I’ve never been there…

[@-._A2._-]

Nah it's going back tae yer ancestral homes. Yer family home. Disphoria exists! Saor Alba agus Canada Gu Bràth! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🇨🇦 On another note do you speak/or learning Canadian Gaelic?

[@danielledanielle3566]

Also Canadian here, with South Uist Roots... Wild country there. I've visited the MacLellans. They were friends of my Granny.

[@KyleEricksonPoetry1617]

@@danielledanielle3566 Oh wow that’s awesome. Distant cousin’s perhaps? I’ve bought all the books I could find about South Uist. I have Angus MacLellan’s book of legends and stories. He mentions the MacLellans that went to Canada. I also have the South Uist song book.

[@T_K_R_G]

What gets me every time is the beginning; awakening in the first light of morning to happy and joyous news of a savior's arrival, while smiling and laughing as the light of day becomes brighter.

[@j.d.1856]

I think this song actually took my breath away, I am truly at a loss for words (and air) listening to this for the first time. One of the few time in my life where I think I felt an actual connection to such a powerful song on a spiritual level

[@NiceViking100]

Yes! I cant get enough of Jacobite music!

[@lucario2188]

Since this was a especial day for the Jacobite. Here is what they celebrated this day 236 years ago. On this day 31 of December, in the year 1787. Robert Burns, Lady Nairn, author of 'Will ye no come back again', (whose father had been Prince Charles' aide de camp); James Murray of Abercairney; the Earl and Countess of Seaforth; the Duke of Perth; Oliphant of Gask (whose father had organized Prince Charlie's coronation in the Abbey of Holyrood House in September 1745); Thriepland of Fingask and Stuart, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, etc. Participated in the celebration of Prince Charlie Birthday in Edinburgh, it must be noted, shared the same table and they all stood and drank 'to the King over the water'. And it was also on that same day that Robert Burns wrote his ode Titled: Birthday Ode For 31st December, 1787.

[@KaZeMaRu_]

Eu não consigo mais parar de ouvir essa música! Viva as nações celtas! Viva a Escócia e a Irlanda livre!

[@tenthclassgaming]

The authenticity is already in the lyrics, it is in an older version of Gaelic, easy to tell due to the accent marks not just pointing left but also right.

[@-._A2._-]

I was wondering why they went both way lol

[@w.reidripley1968]

Me too. Ah, spellynge reform...

[@w.reidripley1968]

Something I do not know, not being raised in Nova Scotia: the accents don't seem to affect the vowel sounds at all --- are they grammar?

[@w.reidripley1968]

Speaking of Nova Scotia now -- how do you render 'poutine' in Gàidhlig?

[@tenthclassgaming]

@@w.reidripley1968 I'm not an expert in the language, I only know some, I have forgotten most of it, sadly, so I don't know.

[@siebertlimpens7213]

Celtic brothers ✊

[@-._A2._-]

Aye! Bhreatuinn Gu Bràth!

[@Tomk6286]

All 5 Celtic nations need to stick together.

[@Lmaooooooooooooo467]

​@@Tomk6286*6 nations

[@JamesDuffy-vp6up]

​@@Tomk62866 celtic nations Éire Alba Cymru Mannin Kernow Breizh

[@seanturner1197]

I really wish Charlie did become king.

[@ulfskinn1458]

We all do.

[@KaZeMaRu_]

Who Will be king but Charlie?

[@w.reidripley1968]

Then you'd be up to Charles the Fourth and have more to keep track of on the history test.

[@isaweesaw]

The video and the music together...most evocative version of this song I've heard.

[@lucario2188]

Lochiel was the Chief of the Clan Cameron. He was nicknamed Gentle Lochiel, because of hia virtue.

[@lucario2188]

@@user-vd5ci9xr1o Yeah, but that was his nickname because of his virtue and because he treated POW with fairness. He was even respected by the Hannoverians and to this day, it is a tradition that whenever the present Lochiel enters on an official visit to Glasgow, the bells of the Tolbooth are rung to commemorate his forebear, the Gentle Lochiel. The current Lochiel is Donald Andrew John Cameron the 28th Lochiel.

[@globe0147]

One Last gambit. One last try to avenge the Usurpation of 1688. God bless those law souls.

[@flintlockbeithir4823]

Very nice love scotlan from Vietnam 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇳

[@globe0147]

You’ll have to make a compilation of Jacobite music soon

[@user-wu4ss3dq1b]

Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge (na hÉireann) ach tuigim focail go leor i nGaeilge na hAlbain mar sin is an-mhaith liom an amhrán seo! Alba go brágh!

[@NetherTaker]

Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig na h-Alba ach bidh mi a' tuigsinn beagan Gàidhlig na h-Èireann. 'S e cànanan glè bhrèagha a th' annta!

[@sanneoi6323]

Based

[@CuFhoirthe88]

@@sanneoi6323 Bonntaichte!

[@user-iv3gd2lu9i]

Alba Saorsa!

[@duncanmckeown1292]

Very evocative song! I am of Scottish descent, especially Lamonts of Cowal...persecuted mercilessly by pro-government Campbells for their loyalty to the Stuarts...so I have Jacobite genes for sure. In an ironic way it seems to me that Charlie had the last laugh. The cause was lost but as Burns pointed out, it had a lasting effect on Scottish culture, the horrible aftermath of Culloden marked even the English who had supported "Butcher" Cumberland. The Hanoverian Frederick Prince of Wales (who detested his brother) visited Flora Macdonald under house arrest, wore a (now forbidden) tartan waistcoat (!) and apparently had her freed. The only Hanoverian of the time I have any respect for! It's a shame he died before his monstrous father George II.

[@lucario2188]

Yes, Frederick hated his father and his family. Some people think he was rutting for the Prince Charlie to win. That is how bad his relationship with his family was. His mother famously described him has: "the greatest ass and the greatest liar and the greatest canaille and the greatest beast in the whole world". There was no good will between them he hated his family and they hated him.

[@lucario2188]

Just to illustrate how bad the relationship with his family was his own mother, the queen spread rumors about him. One of those was that he was impotent and that She doubted his children were actually his. And when he died George II said i have lost my eldest son, but i am glad.

[@NetherTaker]

Tha mi cho pròiseil às mo shinnsearachd Albannach... Tha an t-òran seo glè bhreàgha! Alba gu bràth!

[@Albatrek]

This song gets my blood pumping must be the Gaelic blood 😂

[@coleenquinn3761]

Beautiful 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

I'm English but I would've definitely supported the Jacobites as they stuck to King James & in turn to the good 'ol Catholic faith! I also like Scottish Gaelic language too as a bonus! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@balladsofhistory]

There’s a common misconception that the Jacobite Army had been dominated by Catholics (Disregarding supporters from Ireland and England). By 1700, less than 2% of Scotland’s population adhered to Catholicism, which was confined to the northern reaches of the Highlands and the Hebrides. The vast majority of generals and rank-and-file troops belonged to the Presbyterian Kirk, with around a quarter following the Episcopal Kirk of Scotland. Moreover, most recruits came from the densely populated Lowlands and north-eastern counties (particularly Perthshire, Aberdeenshire). It was a highly diversified force of troops, belonging to various military backgrounds, religious & societal upbringings, and inspired by varying motivations. To place it into perspective, MacDonald of Clanranald’s and Glengarry’s regiments were the only two Highland regiments known to have arrived with Catholic priests/chaplains in the rising of ‘45.

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

@balladsofhistory I appreciate your willingness to educate me along with your video as well. Even if the Jacobites were Presbyters, atleast they stuck with their Catholic Pretender King James Francis Stuart & hence the dynasty that was the last remnants of English and Welsh Catholicism!

[@Greyhuskey1940]

I would have supported the Jacobite's since even though I'm a mixture of all 3 of the ethnicities of those islands but I would have loyally supported Charles Edward Stuart as he was the Rightful king of Scotland and the English invaded and took over Scotland for imperialism and i wish they would have succeeded in securing themselves against England and maybe have helped all of Ireland become independent... i love that there are songs in Scottish Gaelic and that their languages are making a comeback

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

@@Greyhuskey1940 Agreed!

[@Greyhuskey1940]

@@DeusVult-qd5xv yeah

[@francis888ful]

We will remember.

[@celticman5128]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@thehighlander6770]

Long live the Bonnie Prince! Long live the Catholic Faith!

[@user-pk3iv5wi2q]

Every time I watch the video there are more and more comments and likes

[@HenriTuisku]

First words are like Sami traditional music!

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

God save our King o’er the waters.

[@mikepenev8041]

Long live scottland freeeeeeeeedoooooooom

[@Kerys23a]

I'm not Catholic but I am a Jacobite G-d save the true king of Cymru, Eire and Alba

[@rorymoore9269]

Of all the Isles together, they hold blood from the lands of Scotland, England and Wales. And share Ireland's faith. Unite them. Under Clan Stuart

[@user-ct5mi3zg9o]

B’ e òran a bh’ ann an “Òran Eile don Phrionnsa” airson toirt air a’ phrionnsa a dhol a dh’ Alba

[@snoodle.8035]

Alba gu bráth

[@susanhummel2179]

Who is singing this?

[@lucario2188]

Griogair Labhruidh