% The Hundred Pipers % Transcribed by Kevin Cole 2022.04.05 (kjc) % % Source: The Celtic Song Book, p. 109 % https://archive.org/details/the-celtic-song-book/page/n57/mode/1up \version "2.22.1" \language "english" \paper { oddHeaderMarkup = \markup \null evenHeaderMarkup = \markup \null page-breaking = #ly:one-page-breaking #(define fonts (set-global-fonts #:roman "Open Sans" #:sans "Open Sans" #:typewriter "DejaVu Sans Mono" ; unnecessary if the staff size is default #:factor (/ staff-height pt 20) )) } \header { title = "The Hundred Pipers" composer = \markup { \italic { "Poem by" } \smallCaps "Lady Nairne." } tagline = "" % instrument = \markup { \smallCaps { "Soprano" } } % arranger = "arranger" % copyright = "copyright" % metre = "metre" % opus = "opus" % piece = "piece" % poet = "poet" % texidoc = "All header fields with special meanings." % enteredby = "KJC" % source = "urtext" } \layout { \autoBeamOff } global = { \key f \major \time 6/8 \tempo \markup { \italic "Quick." } 4 = 100 \mergeDifferentlyDottedOn \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn } melody = { \relative { \global \partial 8 << { \voiceOne f'16^\f g16 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo f16[( g16]) } >> \oneVoice | % 0 a4 c,8 << { \voiceOne c8 d8 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c8[( d8]) } >> \oneVoice c8 | % 1 d4 f8 f4 << { \voiceOne d'16 d16 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo d8 } >> \oneVoice | % 2 \break << { \voiceOne c4 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c8 c8 } >> \oneVoice a8 << { \voiceOne a8 g8 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo a8[( g8]) } >> \oneVoice f8 | % 3 g4 g8 g4 << { \voiceOne f16[( g16]) } \new Voice { \voiceTwo f16 g16 } >> \oneVoice | % 4 << { \voiceOne a4 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo a8 a8 } >> \oneVoice c,8 c8 d8 c8 | % 5 \break d4 f8 f4 << { \voiceOne d'16 d16 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo d8 } >> \oneVoice | % 6 << { \voiceOne c4 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c8 c8 } >> \oneVoice a8 << { \voiceOne g8 a8 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo g8[( a8]) } >> \oneVoice g8 | % 7 f4 f8 f4 << { \voiceOne a16 bf16 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo a16[( bf16]) } >> \oneVoice | % 8 \break << { \voiceOne c4 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c8 c8 } >> \oneVoice c8 c8 a8 c8 | % 9 c4 f8 f4 << { \voiceOne e16[( d16]) } \new Voice { \voiceTwo e16 d16 } >> \oneVoice | % 10 \break << { \voiceOne c4 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c8 c8 } >> \oneVoice a8 << { \voiceOne a8 g8 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo a8[( g8]) } >> \oneVoice f8 | % 11 a4 g8 g4 << { \voiceOne a16[( bf16]) } \new Voice { \voiceTwo a16 bf16 } >> \oneVoice | % 12 \break << { \voiceOne c4 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c8. c16 } >> \oneVoice c8 << { \voiceOne c8[( d8]) } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c8 d8 } >> \oneVoice e8 | % 13 f4 f8 f4 << { \voiceOne e16 d16 } \new Voice { \voiceTwo e16[( d16]) } >> \oneVoice | % 14 c4 a8 g8 a8 g8 | % 15 \break f4 f8 f4^\ff g16 a16 | % 16 a4 c,8 c8 d8 c8 | % 17 d4 f8 f4 d'16 d16 | % 18 \break c4 a8 a8 g8 f8 | % 19 g4 g8 g4 << { \voiceOne f16[( g16]) } \new Voice { \voiceTwo f16 g16 } >> \oneVoice | % 20 a4 c,8 c8 d8 c8 | % 21 \break d4 f8 f4 d'16 d16 | % 22 c4 a8 g8 a8 g8 | % 23 f4 f8 f4 % 24 \bar "|." } } words = \lyricmode { \override LyricSpace.minimum-distance = #1.5 Wi' a | % 0 hun -- dred pi -- pers an' | % 1 a', an' a', Wi' a | % 2 hun -- _ dred pi -- pers an' | % 3 a', an' a', We'll _ | % 4 up _ an' gie 'em a | % 5 blaw, a blaw, Wi' a | % 6 hun -- _ dred pi -- pers an' | % 7 a', an' a'; Oh its | % 8 ower _ the Bor -- der a -- | % 9 wa', a -- wa', It's _ | % 10 ower _ the Bor -- der a -- | % 11 wa', a -- wa', We'll _ | % 12 on an' we'll march _ to | % 13 Car -- lisle Ha'. Wi' its | % 14 yetts, its cas -- tell an' | % 15 a', an' a', Wi' a | % 16 hun -- dred pi -- pers an' | % 17 a', an' a', Wi' a | % 18 hun -- dred pi -- pers an' | % 19 a', an' a'; We'll _ | % 20 up an' gie 'em a | % 21 blaw, a blaw, Wi' a | % 22 hun -- dred pi -- pers an' | % 23 a', an' a'. % 24 } \score { << \new Staff \with {midiInstrument = #"flute"} { \melody } \addlyrics { \words } >> } \markup { \vspace #0.8 \draw-hline } % ⸺ \markup { \hspace #10 { \column { \vspace #0.8 \line { "Oh! our sodger lads look'd braw, look'd braw," } \line { "Wi' their tartans, kilts an' a', an' a'," } \line { "Wi' their bonnets, an' feathers, an' glitt'ring gear," } \line { "An' pilbrochs sounding sweet an' clear." } \line { "Will they a' return to their ain dear glen?" } \line { "Will they a' return⸺our Hieland men?" } \line { "Second-sighted Sandy look'd fu' wae," } \line { "And mothers grat when they march'd awa'." } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'," } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an a';" } \line { "But they'll up an' gie 'em a blaw, a blaw," } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'." } \vspace #0.8 \line { "Oh! wa is foremaist o' a', o' a'?" } \line { "Oh wha does follow the blaw, the blaw?" } \line { "Bonnie Charlie, the king o' us a', hurra!" } \line { "Wi' his hundred pipers an' a', an' a'!" } \line { "His bonnet an' feathers he's waving high!" } \line { "His prancing steed maist seems to fly!" } \line { "The nor' wind plays with his curly hair," } \line { "While the pipers blaw in an unco flare!" } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'," } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'," } \line { "We'll up an' gie 'em a blaw, a blaw," } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'." } \vspace #0.8 \line { "The Esk was swollen, sae red, sae deep;" } \line { "But shouther to shouther the brave lads keep;" } \line { "Twa thousand swam ower to fell English ground," } \line { "An' danc'd themselves dry to the pilbroch's sound." } \line { "Dumfounder'd, the English saw, they saw!" } \line { "Dumfounder'd, they heard the blaw, the blaw!" } \line { "Dumfounder'd, they a' ran awa', awa'" } \line { "Frae the hundred pipers an' a', an' a'!" } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'," } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'," } \line { "We'll up an' gie 'em a blaw, a blaw," } \line { "Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'." } } } }