THE
MARCH OF THE CAMERON MEN
"Cuimhnichibh na suinn nach maireann.
Mairidh an cliu beo gu
brath."
(In
memory of the Heroes who are no more.
May their Fame live on forever.)
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THE MARCH OF THE CAMERON MEN
The tune and the words of `The March of the Cameron Men' were composed by Mary Maxwell Campbell of Skerrington in 1829. They describe the march of Donald Cameron of Lochiel and his men of Clan Cameron, from Loch Arkaig to Glen Finnan, to join Prince Charles Edward Stuart as he raised his father King James VIII's Standard on 19th August 1745.
Cha'n `eil og an ach treun de chloinn Chamrain gu leir
Nach teid deonach fo Bhrataich Lochial
Gu buaidh no gu bas `s bidh iad dileas `s gach cas,
Oir geill cha d'thug Camranach riamh.
(chorus)
Nach cluinn sibh fuaim na pioba tighinn,
Gu h-ard than monadh `us ghleann;
Agus cas cheuman eutrom a'saltairt an fhraoich !
Si caismeachd Chloinn Camrain a th'ann !
O ! `s uallach an ceum, ged tha fios aig gach treun
Gu'm faod e `bhi maireach `san uir,
Ach gach armunn, gun sgath, theid le `Cheannard do'n bhlar
Far `m bu dualach dhaibh buaidh agus cliu.
Nach cluinn sibh fuaim na pioba tighinn, etc
Tha `ghealach ag Nridh, `s tha `gathan air ceuman
Nan oigear tha treun agus fior;
S ard dochas an cleibh, `s thuirt an Ceannard e fein
Gur laoich iad nach geill anns an strith.
Nach cluinn sibh fuaim na pioba tighinn, etc
There's many a man of the Cameron Clan
That has followed his chief to the field;
He has sworn to support him or die by his side,
For a Cameron never can yield.
(Chorus)
I hear the pibroch sounding, sounding,
Deep over mountain and glen,
While light-springing footsteps are trampling the heath
'Tis the march of the Cameron men.
Oh ! proudly they walk; but each Cameron knows
He may tread on the heather no more;
But proudly he follows his chief to the field,
Where his laurels were gather'd before.
I hear the pibroch sounding, etc
The moon has arisen, it shines o'er the path
Now trod by the gallant and true;
High, high are their hopes, for their chieftain hath said,
That whatever men dare they can do.
I hear the pibroch sounding, etc