The Corries-MacPherson's Rant, live recording!

MacPherson's rant!

[@Boxinghistorian1]

Grew up with my dad playing the corries I’m 38 n remember the Hogmanay special they done in memory of Roy Williamson as he had just passed away . My dad always said he regretted never going to see them whilst Roy was alive . Roy Williamson wrote flower of Scotland what a legend in the folk industry 💙

[@youwinoneinternets]

Same age, same memories. The Corries to me are a huge part of our heritage, goes straight to the heart.

[@jumbodoug]

I'm 45, as a teenager in a youth group we'd sing along to the Corrie's. I wish I'd seen them live, but I'd have been about 13 when Roy died. At least we can enjoy them for eternity through video etc, they were always far better when playing live than in a recording studio. Real FOLK singers, they got FOLK involved, as folk music should do

[@keithhepburn2336]

@@jumbodoug I'm 65 and was lucky enough to see them live a couple of times in the mid 70s.

[@splaz333]

im 36 and my dad used to take me to the highland games in new hampshire when i was a kid i may be spanish by blood but my heart belongs in scotland

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

My dads favourite too.... I remember drives with his tape recorded from record playing in the car from Aberdeen my dads birth and death place and from and to glasgow my mums birthplace as is mine when mum moved up to aberdeen. I wonder if he watched these live corries on TV back when he was on his 20s and 30s. I'm 35 and lost him when I was 18 on valentines day with my grandad 4 days later.

[@mariafarrugia-harrison4491]

these two were made to sing together. their voices create a lovely harmony. i love them and their music

[@bryancunningham5071]

The story goes he was sentenced to death for bearing arms at a market. It was the rivals of his family who was behind this. A reprieve was on its way from Edinburgh, and when they got wind of this, they ordered the west facing clock in Mcduff be put forward 15 minutes in time , ensuring that the execution went ahead without hinderence. As punishment for the part that the clock tower played in the events, it was ordered that the said west facing clock be covered for all time, and to this day, still is.

[@tarnuin58]

Part of his sentence was for "The crime of being egyptian". Of course, for being a traveller, at that point you could just get sentenced for that

[@janetmackinnon3411]

@@tarnuin58 But was he not a MacPherson?

[@tarnuin58]

@@janetmackinnon3411 Yup! Born to a gypsy traveller family and lived the majority of his life as a traveller, which the law at that point saw as "An Egyptian" since "Gypsy" seemed to be derived from Egyptian. His main crimes were things like robbery (though he was a robin hood type and stood by a code of not stealing from the poor, the widowed or those who couldn't do without), carrying weapons in a market and "Being Egyptian".

[@douglasstocks9698]

​@@tarnuin58 his father was the son of a McPherson laird and is mother was a traveller who he met at a wedding

[@robmurray1990]

Showing my age now........ This takes me back to being a teenager in 1987 and stopping up late to watch this! The Corries were brilliant.

[@andrewbalfour9373]

Me too.. Got too see them in 1975 at the Usher Hall.. My Mum and Dad loved them and brought myself and my brother up on their music... I get that sense of pride and nostalgia when I listen to them.. It also reminds me of my father who we sadly lost in 1977...

[@RenaissanceMan29]

I was a wee laddie in '87 but come from a folk family... love it.

[@ollieandersen9084]

what a performance,.. and what a song... The Corries is IMO the best folk group ever!!!!

[@johnminehan1148]

Knowing a few McPhersons, they have not changed much. Not afraid of much.

[@leighcecil3322]

James MacPherson was a bushranger in Australia.. they call it the wild Scotsman country..it must Run in the blood... my mother was MacPherson...it stirs my blood love it 👍..

[@autisticrebel1253]

There is a recording of my grandad singing MacPherson's rant. The song has a personal connection. I like The Corries,

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

One Of The Greatest Scottish Songs !!! MacPherson FOREVER !!!

[@ewanmcpherson9368]

🤝👊

[@michaelwilson353]

Amen

[@andyallan2909]

The Sherrif, knowing that a pardon was on the way, had the hands on the toon clock changed to bring forward the time of execution. The clock was later moved and now resides in the clock tower in the middle of Dufftown (in Strathspey).

[@bertsinclair8596]

there is a verse referring to this outrage, they should have hung the guilty parties after it was discovered.

[@jockmcghee4147]

The rotten fuckin maggot! MacPherson would have kicked all your asses!

[@pegasus483]

Not just a lyrical genius but also a story teller! Scotlands originals!

[@gavingaming123]

The finest musicians to ever come from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rosebrown9265]

Never will be a ever

[@skudlugs]

Aye, legends.

[@itcgray4742]

was privileged to see the them live in the early 70's in Fawkirk Toon Haw, still listening on you tube regularly, simply the best.

[@ryanlaird6447]

Didn't know the ever played there I literally work and live around the corner from the town hall

[@terryfung10]

I saw them there in the 90s.

[@dh1872]

The very best of the Scottish musicians, never trust yer government.

[@donnamcpherson3000]

Even the Scottish ones.

[@magnuswalker7957]

We lost them all too soon but thankfully I am old enough to have been able to see them live a few times.

[@Yimadbast]

Jealous o yi!

[@randymctavish5308]

God bless the person that uploaded these videos to live in the memory forever 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃

[@BryanHRBrodie]

Love this song. I grew up next to the market and the broken fiddle cafe and love the story of this song. It means a lot. So much history in banff

[@fionnmcnessa]

Stayed in Banff with a good friend of mine fell in love with the place and it's people came back on a few more occasions Love the corries music I believe Ronnie was great friends with our own finbar fury . Greetings from Dublin .

[@cm.s.2164]

This is the ONLY group I download every song I can find by them.

[@kthomson1307]

Fabulous. Oft imitated, never bettered.

[@ashwayn]

For my Mother Clan Hope passed away some time it still burns

[@johndeery4289]

The first live musicians I ever saw was the Corries in Brodick, Arran. They were supported by a new band called Slade! What gig that was.

[@VoxGothica]

This recording is 35 years old and Ronnie Brown looked about as old then as he does now.

[@northscot9862]

That what the water of life dis fur ye. SLANTE

[@jdmcpherson2723]

My wee brother Lil’p grew up listening to this music.

[@McPherson952]

My big bro aka “Big P”, is the patriarch of our McPherson family.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

One of my favourites!

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Proud to be Macpherson. Touch not the cat bot a glove!

[@ecksluss]

Tomorrow We Live Fellow MacPherson!

[@susanlittlejohn8054]

heres to us wha s like us...

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Susan Littlejohn Damn few and they're a' deid!

[@nilesdelta8636]

Tomorrow We Live that’s the Macintosh / motto also. Go on love the corries, great recording great sentiment .

[@Arkybark]

This is the kind of song that brings out the best in Ronnie Browne.

[@rosebrown9265]

You can't stop smiling and singing

[@williamgow6551]

Was glad to have seen them a few times live such a long time ago now

[@aeropilot4419]

If I had not married a Scot, I would have never heard this lovely music 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@susanlittlejohn8054]

lucky you, we have lots more...……..

[@paulmac251]

That makes you one of "US" , God bless from across the water in the auld country, take care of you and yer kin.

[@robmurray1990]

I remember watching this for the first time in 1987...... ****, I'm getting old now! Still class, thank you for uploading!

[@torquemada3273]

Notice the Celtic Irish are wanting Scotland free now...ALBA/ERIN GO BRAGH...SLAINTE

[@maaz322]

Ronnie Browne was 50 years old in this video, but looks around 60-70 with his snowy hair. He's still living at the ripe old age of 82! Imagine being an old man for that long

[@williewilliamson1]

Love this song by the corries

[@moragmacgregor6792]

Play this when I die. NOT Amazing Grace.

[@Calum_S]

This or rosin the beau. 👍

[@calebstuart9547]

Morag MacGregor ❤️

[@jwpipes47]

As a piper .. I would rather play this than AG.

[@jamestheman1962]

God I love James McPherson lol and the tune my auld uncle would play and sing this on his box or accordion for none Scots lol Happy New Year aw eh us lol

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

Absolutely marvellous!

[@horsehide3039]

The Corries were awesome, I miss them terrribly.. But, come on, this rant is the badassest effyou to the govenment ever.. Love it.

[@suzannelaing2968]

Family rivalries you mean. Read Bryan Cunningham's comment above that tells the story.

[@bankercop]

Classic Corries! Great video! May their music live forever!

[@horsehide3039]

Amen, may it happen.

[@Yimadbast]

May it indeed!

[@fairdinkum9454]

Let’s keep it so laddie 💕🙏🏻

[@AlexBrown-sv4dh]

Sadly missed, great harmonies.

[@northscot9862]

Fantastic. There are still the best. 2 true Scotsmen. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@franbenson5805]

What a wonderful singer

[@JadeChapman-ym9up]

Love this song and this band ❤

[@seelie_1978]

I mind watchinv them on the tv as a child. Going to town and village halls all over Scotland. Proper ceilidhs. I have albums too. I also have the privilege of telling my guests on tours I take that The Corries first sang Flower of Scotland in the Waverly Bar just off Edinburghs Royal Mile. I do this every working day. It is important to me to remember them and certain guests just swell with the memory of The Corries too. Pure feel good merchants

[@francette19380]

Ach ! The Corries for ever

[@rosebrown9265]

A brilliant song and music 🎶

[@calumroney2464]

Whit a rant that was. well done ma fellow Scotsmen.

[@marriepowell9613]

Unforgettable, unique!

[@sihelm3162]

Just fantastic. Thanks for uploading this.

[@LedSledJoe]

What a great recording.

[@craiganderson275]

Simply brilliant stuff.

[@alanoliver4561]

A love this freedom song , oor time will come soon as x

[@janetmackinnon3411]

What a delight to find this!

[@steelheadjay4184]

Beautifully done

[@bam1742]

Mad to think that was only 14 years ago. Lovely tune

[@jsbljj6740]

Massive Thank You,it's great to see this stuff,wish i had seen them in a wee pub.

[@eckyhen]

Did just that in a little pub in Elie, Fife. Still gives me a thrill thinking about it.

[@anngurney6212]

Im still in tears

[@irenearcari8441]

One of their best.🆒

[@81lmac]

As a MacPherson this is special 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@LaFlaneuse0]

This makes me so sad. Roy's time to depart.

[@sapien82]

the corries get me every time , right in the tribal chakra , speaking to my soul , cannae go a fu song withoot greetin

[@stutheart]

Beautiful

[@craigdobbin3521]

This is my favourite Corries tune

[@makkapakka7754]

I’m a Macpherson DUNMAGHLAS🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@willhelmberkly3025]

Sae loose these bands around my hands and give to me mae sword!

[@connalmacbride8754]

Fantastic

[@johnquinn6351]

Sooo good thanks

[@artykatykat6742]

im Scottish and very proud xxx i love the sky boat song by them

[@petersmith7360]

The best

[@VinnyMartello]

I love the corries.

[@abrhamgebeyehu933]

Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong The wretches destiny, MacPhersons time will no be lang On yonder gallow's tree It was by a woman's treachorous hands That I was condemned to dee She stood uben a windae ledge And a blanket threw o'er me (chorus) Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Ans sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced around Below the gallow's tree Oh what is death, but parting breath On mony a bloody plain I've daur'd his face, and in his place I scorn him yet again I have lived a life, o' straught and strife I die by treachery It burns my heart, that I must depart An no avenged be So tak these bands fae aff my hands Gae to me my sword There's nae a man in a' Scotland But I'll brave him at a word Now farewell light thou sunshine bright And all beneath the sky May coward shame disdain his name The wretch that dare not die

[@magbrown1]

Love this one

[@ernestmennell4057]

im 56 and i love them

[@williamgow6551]

Seen the corries a few times a long time ago now sadly missed

[@jeanellamcphie2053]

great just the best

[@jamesyyy4840]

I’m a Macpherson and I’ll be walking out to this at my next boxing bout lol

[@peteredgeler6461]

This is superb

[@daviddonaldson5310]

Mcpherson was a Scottish travelling man who was persecuted for being what he was in a time when his ethnicity just didn't matter

[@argalib]

Magical Voice

[@ruthgraham4313]

very nice

[@silverlaptop2022]

BRILLIANT!!!!!

[@TX4taxirepairs]

Brilliant 😊

[@NB-xq4qt]

if we knew then what we know now......they would both have lived to see independence....Flower of Scotland...a song wishing independence...

[@cmcc3721]

"If we knew then what we know now....bahahahaha mammy i cannae stoap greetin" ya big p00f. Beyond belief. Ye'd be of no use to anyone in a crisis lol

[@janicekrieger1922]

Awa and bile yer head.@@cmcc3721

[@ryanlaird6447]

Ronnie brown is still alive

[@pokeityaclown]

Play this at my funeral and I'll boot the f*cking coffin open HWFG

[@davidlawtie6088]

If you fancy another version of this, check out Dave Arcari's (called MacPherson's Lament).

[@songfreak1745]

Makes me feel brave.

[@charlesneal1774]

Came to see a Scotsman rant. Stayed for the music.

[@kaidenmuir7099]

am doing burns supper and need to sing this song love he song

[@krs306]

Awesome, fantastic, pure brilliant prestigious tallent

[@christopherd597]

Do you have the video “All gods Creatures”

[@sandymanmuuray]

Kenny,there you are.

[@craiganderson275]

I would love to know where all the 1987 series was recorded. I've always wanted to know. Never managed to find out though. Any ideas?

[@keithewright]

Can't swear to it but it looks like The Pleasance in Edinburgh to me.

[@Arkybark]

It was recorded in a BBC Scotland studio in Edinburgh, with some of videos made in other (outdoor) locations! See my comment below.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

@@Arkybark I believe what you say, but I can't help noting that some of the videos show such elaborately furnished rooms that they don't resemble a BBC Scotland studio. Also, you recall your & my discussion of Roy's big guitar. It may be the guitar he plays in "Rehabilitation Blues."

[@Arkybark]

All I can tell you is what I said before (below), Gavin Browne, Ronnie's son, told me that the series was filmed in a BBC studio (as I think all their BBC productions were); in this case, he said, UK folk club members could buy tickets to be in the studio audience as pubgoers. Some of the video insets contain scenes probably filmed at least partly outside the studios, but the BBC's camera operators may have so genially mixed shots taken elsewhere with studio shots that you can't really tell where they are. Look at the Loch Tay Boat Song. It looks like Roy is rowing a boat on Loch Tay, but is he really? Not while singing and playing the comboliin, of course. Maybe he's actually on the pond in Inverleith Park , or maybe someone else is rowing a boat somewhere else - you don't see his face and you can't see where the boat is. Such is studio magic. 'The videos were all brilliantly done, anyway, I think.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

@@Arkybark Well, presumably it is Roy. I have read about that on one or another Community Forum about the Loch Tay Boat Song. You are correct in observing that the videos 'were all brilliantly done'.

[@correnmcpherson2756]

I’d do the same to my guitar once I’m gone

[@LindsayCurran]

Great explanation from Ronie: Who was MacPherson? He played a tune and he danced arun...alow the gallows tree! Thank you (with apologies I if dinna ken the spelling there...

[@Hollcall]

I.............! The Best of the Best. HIHO !

[@MrScanboltron]

Epic hair.

[@cindysnow802]

I had fun playing this song in my car but some rat bastard stole a bunch of my cds. Well...maybe if they started liking this kind of music I'll forgive them.

[@meatguy]

Beats the studio version by a country mile!!

[@murdochmclennan3510]

At 2:09, just behind a woman in green who's wearing a necklace, there appears a man who looks as if he's singing on a television set whereas in actually he seems to be sitting in a cabinet. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? IF SO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME? THANKS!

[@kafa925]

Hahaha it's a hooded orkney chair

[@murdochmclennan3510]

@@kafa925 Great; thanks!

[@donnamcpherson3000]

Kafa92 What is a hooded Orkney chair?

[@kevinhenderson2019]

MUIR OF ORD GALLOWS TREE IS OUTSIDE THE OLD SHOP, ACROSS FROM MUIR BANK, TARRADALE HOTEL AND MUNRO BUTCHERS, CROSSROADS MARYBURGHS IS JUST UP THE SEAFORTH, LOCH OOZZIE ROAD AND THE BLACK ISLE POOR HOUSE IS NEAR CJANDRIE POINT, AND GOLF COURSE OFF COURSE

[@tobiasoellers146]

Brillant.

[@sumthingwickedly]

If u don't wantae sing alang yer a liar ye'd hae a go if ye didnae ken the words n aye I'm Scottish 👍👍👍

[@douglasstocks9698]

McPherson's smashed fiddle can be seen in the McPherson museum