Aikendrum

X:47
T:Aikendrum
A:Scotland
H:describes the situation preceding the battle of Sheriffmuir 1715
B:Hogg 'Jacobite Relics II' 1821, p.22 ff.
B:Bertrand H. Bronson, Samuel Hall's Family Tree, California Folklore Quarterly 1943, p.61.
N: to the tune of Germanie Thomas (42GerB)
Q:1/4=140
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
EG | A>c AG E2 DC | c2BA B2 c>B | A>c AG E>D EG |
A3 z2 AB | c>B cd e2 dc | B>G Bc d2 cd | e>A A>G E2 DC |
c2 Bc d c2B | A>B AG E>D E^G | A6 |]
W:Ken ye How a Whig Can fight, Aikendrum, Aikendrum?
W:Ken ye How a Whig Can fight, Aikendrum?
W:He can fight the hero bright,
W:With his heels and armour light,
W:And his wind of heav'nly might, Aikendrum,Aikendrum,
W:Is not Rowley in the right, Aikendrum?

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/goldenaer.com/Aikendrum/0000