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984. Will Ye No Come Back Again? (Carolina Oliphant Lady Nairne)
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After Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden and subsequent return to France aided by Flora MacDonald, many supporters hoped he would still try to stage a comeback. This is one of a number of songs that expressed this wish. Carolina Oliphant (1766-1845) was a prolific songwriter who was unknown in her own time, though her songs are second only to Robert Burns in popularity. She wrote under the pseudonym of Mrs Bogan of Bogan as it would not have been considered appropriate for a woman of the aristocracy to be writing any kind of poetry, let alone popular songs for the common people. She wrote the lyrics of over eighty songs, setting them to traditional melodies. She was from a strong Jacobite family which supported Prince Charles' attempt to reclaim the British throne during the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Her name, of course, is the feminine version of Charles. She even kept her writing secret from her husband, Major William Nairne, who was her second cousin. She was given the title of Lady Nairne in 1824, after a campaign by Sir Walter Scott to restore titles forfeited as a result of the Jacobite Uprising. Apart from this song, some of her best known works are "Wi' 100 Pipers An' A'" and "Charlie is My Darling". The song is popular as a march tune, played, of course, on bagpipes, though the tune is probably much older than the song which gives it its name. It has been recorded by various folk groups, including The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and The Corries. For a good YouTube version try "savageminstrel". Thanks to "Beltayn7272" for requesting this song. Lyrics and chords: .. C .................... F ..... C Bonny Charlie's noo awa' ........................ G7 Safely o'er the friendly main, .. C ........................ F.......... C Mony a heart will break in twa, .................................... G7 ..... C Should he ne'er come back again. Will ye no come back again? .. F.................................. G7 Will ye no come back again? C........ G7 ........ F ..... C Better lo'ed ye canna be. ........................... G7 .... C Will ye no come back again? Ye trusted in your hieland men, They trusted you dear Charlie! They kent your hiding in the glen, Death and exile braving. English bribes were a' in vain Tho' puir and puirer we maun be, Siller canna buy the heart That aye beats warm for thine and thee. We watched thee in the gloamin' hour We watched thee in the mornin' grey, Though thirty thousand pounds they gi'e, Oh, there is nane that would betray! Lyrics and chords of many of my songs are no longer available, as my website has expired. I am currently posting lyrics to the information panels on all my videos and those that are too long to post in full will be found here: https://raymondsfolkpage.wordpress.com
The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular during the 1960s, they were famed for their Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States and revitalising it in Ireland. This contributed to an Irish folk boom with groups like the Dubliners and the Wolfe Tones.
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