The Corries --- The Braes Of Killiecrankie (Live Audio)

Corries website ---- www.corries.com

[@georgedavie8355]

When ridiculed and bullied by the English as a 16 year old in 1979 at the Royal Army Pay Corps college at Worthy Down near Winchester this was the song that i always held dear. Thig Ar Latha.

[@jimlyon7276]

@ George Davie - I know how you felt - I was in the R.A.F. & when I came back from a 3 year tour on 56 Sqdn - Mk 6 Lightnings @ Akrotiri in Cyprus, I was posted to Leeming in Yorkshire, working on Jet Provost ( Mks 3,4 & 5 ) for the first first year + if I'd bought into what the a$$h*le sassenachs were saying, I'd have thought my name was F' ing Jock Barsteward ! SAOR ALBA GU BRATH !

[@Dryhten1801]

@@jimlyon7276 Banter lad

[@carloshannon8346]

I got it for being Irish but from the platoon sgt and one of his rat section commanders. Both from Welsh Guards, really had a dislike for a long time for the Welsh after that. But they were just two bellends. I heard this song being sung live in Scotsman bar in Edinburgh when I got posted to the pipe and drum school there. Love that city

[@donvance5081]

I can relate to that

[@wgl1964]

The Corries made the first music video ever using this song. Walking up the brae playing guitar and singing. Legends.

[@KittyStarlight]

I think that the Corries had already made a few before they made this one. 🤔 Depends when it is though. Their "White Cockade" one is their best old-time music video in my opinion actually and I think it just might predate this one. Will have to look up/find out just exactly when their "Killiecrankie" one was though, to know for sure. 🤔

[@gabrieldilworth8114]

I first heard this song 20 years ago. A fellow soldier in the army was a history buff and listened to Scottish and Irish folk music and sea shanties. This song stuck in my mind and I remember whenever we'd get together I'd greet him singing this song. This is the first time I heard it since then. I've been a musician for 30 years and idk what it is about this amazing song, but it gives me a romanticized sense of longing for true life in a simple, honest time long forgotten, but somehow still resides in my memory as if all the meandering paths I trudged my way through eventually lead to this final place of bittersweet reflection and rest. As a songwriter, creating this kind of visual imagery is the pinnacle achievement. Powerful song.

[@carloshannon8346]

Same as me mate. First heard it in the Scotsman pub in Edinburgh when I got posted to Redford Barracks in 2006

[@colinmcdonald8521]

Same here - a mate of mine who had served in 21 SAS, and his wife, Sue, sang with me (onetime R Signals) as Enlisted for Drink, in East Anglian and London folk clubs in the 70s and early 80s - Army songs and seamen's songs, from C17 to WWII, the voices from Up the Sharp End, the songs that countered heroic stuff written by civilians.

[@jimpomac]

Any time I play this tune on the Pipes I hear this version in my head. Great wee tune

[@user-bz2lm4xq3h]

I love Scottish and Irish folk music. Very beautiful music. Such talented people. People of art.

[@charlesduguid4811]

Greetings from Bonnie Scotland

[@margaret9602]

Greetings from Loch Lomond

[@susanneseiler5113]

I agree I have something of an obsession with Irish Scottish and Welsh music there is nothing more beautiful on this earth I'm always excited when I find new gems of celtic music hope to visit all three someday and am even wanting to learn Irish and Welsh so I can sing the native songs.

[@ii_hollyroblox4904]

Greeting from scotland

[@carloshannon8346]

Move to Belfast. It is both Irish and Scots on steroids

[@dickstephenson]

I must have been Scott before. This makes me cry like crying for home.

[@clf7729]

A scot you mean.

[@spencerholder9364]

Feel the same.listen to jene Ritchie

[@BlooDCoNcReTe]

Haha geez peace ya roaster

[@HaggisMalpractice]

Rest in Peace, Roy Williamson.

[@valentinabernardi6310]

😢

[@LaFlaneuse0]

Rest in peace our good friend Roy! We sing for him and for Scotland every time the national anthem is sung.

[@dm7ify]

Was just wandering under the Killiecrankie viaduct today with this tune in my head.:)

[@adam28gardner]

my dad just loved the corries and i just loved my dad.miss him loads.

[@adammcsorley1551]

adam gardner mine too. Lost him last year. Cheers.

[@ThePhilosophyDoctor]

My Dad loved them too! We learnt all their songs 55 years ago!

[@donttalkpish2012]

Dude i love the corries! Lets hang out my scottish brethren

[@donttalkpish2012]

@@adammcsorley1551 lets chill bro! Corries aw the way

[@gillbshaw360]

My Dad loved them too. x

[@tobiasoellers146]

The Corries were so damn good ❤️❤️

[@alanmunro9388]

Let it sound in the glens and in the braes! Glad to hear its still being sung in homes

[@gracecanary3934]

My daughter is 2 and this is her favorite...

[@carolinestewart532]

I was brought up with the Corrie's in the background my nana n Grampa loved Scottish music so do I

[@stephenryan4170]

I love the corries singing 'The Braes of Killiecrankie'. My favourite piece of music. Paddy Ryan

[@raymondmcdonald355]

What a song, what a history. Brilliant. History is certainly split on the virtues of Claverhouse. A lot of folks don't know that he married into a prominent Covenanting family.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

An excellent point. I admire Claverhouse, but many people bitterly denounce him.

[@silverarrowslk]

Murdoch McLennan John Graham Viscount Dundee. Great soldier whatever your political views are

[@bootlegger1974]

ive died and gone to heaven captain

[@EoinFromEire]

I love the corries. Great sound, very tallented musicians

[@angliz47]

many is the evening when my brother and i sang this song wandering home after a nice evening imbibing a few drinks in the pub lol

[@sasbodyguard]

Its a good tune to bring the bells in with and thank god they are scottish.

[@campinggrousebuyahouse91]

Thats in the next glen fae ware I live.. love this.. ma grandad sings this every newyear for my hole family in his chair since I was bairn.. vote yes.

[@whingenjock]

god bless him another strong man

[@Mickyboi1]

Love to you and your families àlbà gó bràgh

[@lodafero]

i am not scottish but i am living here for 10 years and all i can say you will fall in love with this land and its ppl

[@michaelhawkins2403]

I had the fortune of spending a week in Scotland. Possibly one of the best weeks of my life. Gorgeous landscape, amazing people, and so much heritage. Still gives me shivers thinking about it.

[@killshanks]

C.C. Ryder same here my friend. we’ll be there yet :)

[@robertjohnston1339]

Respect from the your Celtic cousins of Eire. Saoirse agus Saor. Our time is coming.

[@northscot9862]

SAOIRSE EIRE ,SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@carloshannon8346]

What an idiot you are. Scotland is not 'occupied'. They are a Kingdom who signed a union with England so a SCOTISH Protestant king could take both thrones. It was western Scots who were more than happy to go across to Ulster and drive their 'celtic cousins' off that land. Oh and by the way Celts were invaders to Ireland one time also

[@carloshannon8346]

This is a song about 2 Covenanter soldiers (protestants) fighting Jacobites you idiot

[@wheezy45]

history will never die, and is so important to all of us!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Uh - yes it will. Does anyone remember the major concerns and events oof the stone age? How many kingdoms have come and gone and are almost completely lost to history? How many great battles have been forgotten? Everything passes. A wise man understands when to hold on and when to let go. Eventually all holding on that which has trully passed becomes monstrous. Not saying remembering is not important or even crucial. It's just that we don't. One of the great horrors as well as perhaps one of the great reliefs is that whatever happens, the days just keep unfolding. With you or without you. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?" Remembrance too will fade, like flowers into endless seasons. And that's ok. We don't have to hold on for dear life. We just have to live accordingly.

[@ii_hollyroblox4904]

@@whynottalklikeapirat First history will never die and are u scottish?

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@ii_hollyroblox4904 Of course it will. EVerything dies eventually. Just for a bit of perspective 99% of species that ever existed are now extinct. Empires and wars of man have come and gone. WHo made you the arbiter of when "first history" is even supposed to begin? There was ever a time before anything anyone remembers. You pulling a "no true Scotsman fallacy" on me won't change that.

[@skudlugs]

@@whynottalklikeapirat yes one day this rock will be lifeless, its how the universe rolls

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@skudlugs Shall we get on with it then?

[@dianecarey2220]

There's great intelligence and literature behind the Corries music, and also just a lot of pub fun. Same with Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

There is pub fun with other Corries songs, but not with this one. It's too sad for "pub fun."

[@silverarrowslk]

Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor were good. The Galliards

[@silverarrowslk]

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[@user-kp7gq6ou7u]

I enjoyed attending the Corrie's performance at my school back in 1984! Two of the most talented men Scotland ever produced!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Posted by Michael McCall.😃☺️

[@TheHolywoodloyalist]

The song is addressed to a young soldier by a veteran. The veteran asks the young soldier why he’s all kitted out and where he has been. The veteran and young soldier are both on the side of Mackay i.e. Covenanters

[@paulrobertson1589]

Jacobite win

[@rosebrown9265]

Bless you xx

[@StevieF1963]

Absolutely correct. A ballad from the viewpoint of a Williamite veteran who survived the ambush. (I've been to Soldiers Leap; that was one hell of a jump McBean made to escape). Olympic Gold medal 1689!!

[@carloshannon8346]

​@@paulrobertson1589won the battle but not the war

[@trilingual28]

I don't often get goosebumps but...only a few bars into the song, but I just got goosebumps all over! Brrrr! Incredible!

[@michaeljohnston3741]

This is why I'm so proud to be scottish. And you're 100% correct this song chills you to the bone in the most beautiful way

[@Yimadbast]

Corries were great My generations music is a load o pish

[@robertburns405]

Great song wi some historical meaning . These two were the dawgs baws. Scotland forever.

[@moragmacgregor6792]

I'd forgotten that I know this song!! Just enough to sing the chorus but hey. I'm in Texas.

[@Edwardegraham]

And the Battle continues.

[@wesleygraham8038]

i live and born in ireland but when i hear this i feel Scottish. john graham

[@WootTootZoot]

It's from our shared Celtic ancestors I bet.

[@grahamwilson2164]

I’m Scottish and just love the Irish folk songs too..

[@patriciarider5698]

did not ere hear of Scots-Irish? or Ulstet Scots? That we were united against the bloody Brits? Made and ate still defending FREEDOM? It aint taught i wouldn't be a major surprise

[@Roman_Militairy_Equipment]

@@patriciarider5698 Im afraid it wasnt freedom in the sense of united Scotland indepdent from England as you would see it. It was a rebellion against a protestant monarchy by catholic rebels. Scots fought scots, english fought english and the Irish chipped in what regiments they could ;)

[@neilmccann99]

@@patriciarider5698 When have the ulster scots been united against the Brits? lol

[@davidkuntze7992]

Love this song (and the Corries) even though I don’t understand a word.

[@ii_hollyroblox4904]

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[@rosebrown9265]

I'm a over 60 person listen to this song it's lovely

[@smith6640]

these 2 coulda led an army of Scots into battle!!

[@Grifflaw]

Corries = Legends! never will forget them thank you for inspiring me still after 25 years! Mwaahhh!!

[@wboyle9721]

There's one thing that stirs the blood good scottish and irish music what two great celtic countries

[@smith6640]

yip , I get the shivers myself, what a great song

[@fulkegreville4487]

It's hard to find a live version of this tune that isn't at a quick pace (a higher bpm than usual). Thanks for the upload!

[@jacquikalich3873]

My favourite Corries tune.

[@jacquieaitken3203]

Fantastic!

[@andrewforrest8464]

The best version of this song is by Big Country. There was terrible slaughter at Killiecrankie in the Highland Charge on King Williams' army and the Big Country version captures the fury of the action.

[@mikenicholls1621]

Absolutely fabulous. God bless um.

[@geoffoutdoors]

So amazing

[@kariaudar]

Love the Corries!

[@vivianlemottee3291]

What a fantastic version of this song. Amazing. Just found it.

[@mareekundl9544]

Best song ever i ever herd

[@MrMurf46]

Brilliant. Makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck!

[@henrywhitmore4353]

Brilliant.

[@happinesscounts]

Love this, really do

[@ceanadach]

And yet another good one! Tnx fer' postin' em! :) XOXOX

[@smith6640]

fantastic song and very rousing indeed

[@tonyaherron5781]

Love it

[@juliajanssens8432]

Whaur hae ye been sae braw, lad? Whaur hae ye been sae brankie-o? Whaur hae ye been sae braw, lad? Come ye by Killiecrankie-o. ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ And ye had been whaur I hae been Ye wadna been sae cantie-o An' ye had seen what I hae seen On the braes o' Killiecrankie-o ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ I’d fought at land, I’d fought at sea, At hame I fought my auntie-o But I met the Devil and Dundee On the braes o’ Killiekrankie-o ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ An' ye had been whaur I hae been Ye wadna been sae antie-o An' ye had seen what I hae seen On the braes o' Killiecrankie-o ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ The bauld pit cur fell wa apar’ And Clavers gat a clankie-o An’ I had fed an Athol gled On the braes o' Killiecrankie-o ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ An' ye had been whaur I hae been Ye wadna been sae cantie-o An' ye had seen what I hae seen On the braes o' Killiecrankie-o ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ Oh fie, MacKay, What gart ye lie I' the bush ayont the brankie-o? Ye'd better kiss'd King Willie's lofe Than come by Killiecrankie-o ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ Tha's nae shame, tha's nae shame Tha's nae shame tae swankie-o There's sour slaes on Athol braes And the de'ils at Killiecrankie-o ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ An' ye had been whaur I hae been Ye wadna been sae cantie-o An' ye had seen what I hae seen On the braes o' Killiecrankie-o

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Sorry -lots of mistakes!

[@KittyStarlight]

Thanks for the lyrics and for the hearts. 💙💙💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙💙💙

[@KittyStarlight]

Flag of Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In case anyone didn't know or possibly just can't see what that is.

[@Obelisk1990]

This song is amazing. Their voices bring chills in my bodies.

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

ALWAYS THE BEST !!!

[@user-ck9sp4wp8m]

Thay were brilliant still listen to them xx

[@robinaxeman]

History is where we all came from.

[@raymondmcdonald355]

Awesome

[@SootsyBhoy]

Quality. . . .Great battle

[@aguy6771]

Viscount Dundee did not die in vain, we must start another rising.

[@markedwards7297]

Good job 👏

[@craiggilmour6062]

if you had seen what i have seen!

[@miuqaojtnomalb]

you have a point, i actually didn't know what "canti" meant... but at the same time it's quite a happy song, and you can't denny it celebrates the victory of Bonny Dundee

[@murdochmclennan3510]

How does it celebrate Dundee's victory? It indicates that he received the wound that killed him.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

And how in the world is it happy?

[@KittyStarlight]

An' ye had been whaur I hae been Ye wadna been sae canty o An' ye had seen what I hae seen On the braes o' Killiecrankie o.

[@odinfromcentr2]

Lang bide th' kin' ower th' water!

[@jwales8133]

♥️

[@robsargent4]

I know - most people seem to miss that.

[@stuartrichards6685]

Seen man

[@grioghairmacgrioghair5311]

neer mind high rankers just show the highland clansmen the shepherds cattle drovers etc who took up claymore and dirk and fought for their land and freedom neer mind the lords who did it for profit

[@user-ht4gb2fw4e]

What about Donald Dhu? He defended everyone at Lochiel. His river battle was brilliant!

[@GavMac80]

Ma fuckin brothers

[@iaindonnachie6184]

Pure dead gallus. The red coats must've shit a brick that day.

[@jimlyon7276]

@ Iain Donnachie - if you've ever seen the "Soldier's Leap" - 2 huge rocks either side of the river below, & the distance between, where one of the Redcoats leapt to escape from the Highlanders, you'd know just how scared they were !

[@robsargent4]

Mind you, Mackay wasn't a Cameronian. The Cameronians fought at the battle after Killiecrankie i.e. Dunkeld, where the Jacobite army was defeated & the first Jacobite uprising ended. Mackay had been in exile in the Netherlands during the reign of the last Jimmy & came back to Britain with King Billy. I think I'm right in saying that Mackay commanded professional Scottish soldiers at Killiecrankie who had fought with him in the Dutch wars. Funnily enough the professionals lost at Killie & it was

[@TheDustysix]

... Quick Time now Laddy....

[@mamagrunny]

👏👏👏

[@cheeseburger8486]

Few of my ancestors that I can trace back died in this war. It may just be nothing, but this song has always been surreal to listen to for me.

[@JustaScotsman]

Saor Alba.!

[@kunigundejagiello7856]

❤🇵🇱👍

[@garethbates5947]

as an Englishman I love this tune as well as all the corries tunes but reading other comments on here I hope you understand the majority of English did want to stay allied with the scots but due to sturgeon were all happy for you to go it on yer own.

[@Cruithneach]

Your patronage, as sincere and heartfelt as it may be, has no bearing on the matter, but thanks all the same

[@northscot9862]

@@Cruithneach Well said

[@Chris-eo5zs]

Roy, I'm glad ye went to meet yer maker lang afore the soor taste of the day could meet ye. The hale of the UK voted for the Tories. But rest fine, an ken that maist of us voted for independence. I'll toast ye atop 'the Beinn'.

[@lintburn]

We shat it in 2014.

[@RememberBannockburn1314]

lintburn naw, some did and a lot of non Scots voted against it!!!

[@kevinmurphy5222]

The quicker we are INDEPENDENT the better.FREEDOM beckons.

[@cycleSCUBA]

Quant part of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧

[@ruthgraham4313]

Whau hea I'm a Graham of the Menteith

[@wheezy45]

that's so wonderful! thank you for sharing. and where was this friendly pub?

[@NamelessBody]

Well, it notes Dundee, yes. But it's not exactly a celebration - more of a display of the cost of war - the perspective of a warrior who is not at all happy, but suffers what we'd today call a post traumatic stress disorder and obviousy berates a younger man, perhaps eager to join Dundee, and tells him that he wouldn't be so happy to fight had he been at Killiecrankie and seen the horrors of the battle. Not strictly anti-war, but neither pro-war, really. Just slice-of-life from a soldier.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

Excellent points. Thank you for making them.

[@walrusassociation9317]

Dundee died at Killicrankie.

[@greigdavidson5252]

A rousing song from a superlative doublet.

[@thecatholiccrusader1168]

Love this. Despise when unionists say they love this music just shows you how very clueless they are. God bless the corries the Republic of scotlands very own.

[@truefalse207]

No way I seen you on a Oasis @ GMEX video now here, very weird.

[@weejockpoopongmacplop6726]

Think you're the clueless one.

[@truefalse207]

no fucking way came back to the same comment 8 month later

[@truefalse207]

@@weejockpoopongmacplop6726 fuck up wankstain

[@jwales8133]

Catholic crusader 😆😆 no boys were harmed or sexually assaulted in the making of this comment I suppose

[@kullthedestroyer6523]

Love this version. Mr Burns left out the best verses, it seems.

[@Cruithneach]

It's more a case of the Ettrick Shepherd adding to the great man's work

[@robsargent4]

left to those of the Cameronians who had volunteered to support King Billy & defeat the Jacobites at Dunkeld. But you're right in that this song is from the perspective of the Williamites, not the Jacobites

[@thevelikovskian6119]

Wrong, it's an ironic view and totally Jacobite.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

How is it ironic? Please explain.

[@carolinestewart532]

IV tried looking to find killicrankie on Google maps n earth but just shoes a river not the village the Corrie's walked through?

[@brucenorrie875]

Killiecrankie's a tiny wee place. They walk in past the village sign but the town they're actually walking through is Pitlochry which is just a few miles down the road. Surprised you can't see Killiecrankie on Google Maps though, I can see it fine.

[@carolinestewart532]

@@brucenorrie875 I tried goggle maps similar to earth but it pin points in middle in river Gary which just looks like a wee burn. Thank you for answering my question take care

[@kawapilot]

The devil and Dundee...He was a good man....lost at Killie though..

[@EmilioFAD]

@David He was a Jacobite, and the subject of Bonnie Dundee

[@olelarsen7688]

The battle of Killicrankie lasted 3 minutes. How long lasted this song.

[@xBIGHARRYx]

Not strictly true if you understand the lyrics, "you wouldn't be so happy if you had seen what I have seen"

[@acromiton]

Even if I wrote a commentary - it'd be in Scots an ye bawbags wouldnae understand anyway

[@euanm2054]

Gon yersel weesacks

[@joejohnstone4306]

BRILL MY FRIEND VOTE YES LETS GET BACK OUR WEE COUNRTY YES YES

[@alsbigsmoke]

Joe Johnstone i voted yes but we have another chance again with nicola sturgeon either way now we will be free one way or another vote for your local constituancy and scotland will have more power doon at westminster as i say one way or another the scots way it is but this time

[@ernestmennell4057]

fuck king billy

[@miuqaojtnomalb]

why anti-war? it celebrates a battle

[@murdochmclennan3510]

It COMMEMORATES a battle. It doesn't celebrate it.

[@annemariemcmillan5982]

Great stuff , but well never get independence , sad to say

[@murdochmclennan3510]

This is the best version of this classic song--except for the applause. I realise it's a popular folk song that invites clapping, but the Battle of Killiecrankie was too tragic for applause of any kind.

[@moraggrant9856]

Murdoch McLennan the folk audiences are not always aware of the historical background of the song they are listening to and are, therefore, applauding the singers only. It is by no means disrespectful to the historical event to show their appreciation.!!

[@murdochmclennan3510]

@@moraggrant9856 I still dislike it.

[@murdochmclennan3510]

@@moraggrant9856 I just listened to the song again; the audience is NOT "applauding the singers only"; they are making a nuisance of themselves.

[@jwales8133]

Learn yir lesson Jacobites👍

[@gayforbrae5693]

wtf no i dont like scotland in that way

[@trackdaybob]

Can it no just be about the music? Away and spout yer politics pish elsewhere. Whatever happens, we'll always have this.

[@jimlyon7276]

@ trackdaybob - Blame it on Edward 1 - he was the mercurial bastard who started it all - including two VERY long wars of Scottish Independence ! - SAOR ALBA GU BRATH !

[@ClaresStuff]

yawn...