Battle of Sheriffmuir, The

DESCRIPTION: "There's some say that we wan, and some that they wan, And some say that nane wan at a' man!" The song catalogs the fighters at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, and notes how many fighters ran
AUTHOR: Credited to Rev. Murdoch McLennan
EARLIEST DATE: 1821 (Hogg)
KEYWORDS: battle Jacobite
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Nov 13, 1715 - Battle of Sheriffmuir
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hogg-JacobiteRelicsOfScotlandVol2 1, "The Battle of Sheriffmuir" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Michael Brander, _Scottish and Border Battles and Ballads_, 1975 (page references to the 1993 Barnes & Noble edition), pp. 194-197, "Sheriffmuir" (1 text)
ST MBra193 (Partial)
Roud #2867
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Will Ye Go to Sheriffmuir" (subject of Sheriffmuir)
cf. "Up and Waur Them A', Willie (II)" (subject of Sheriffmuir)
NOTES [46 words]: For background on the Battle of Sherriffmuir, see the notes to "Will Ye Go to Sheriffmuir?"
The comment that some say one side won, and others say the other won, is appropriate; the battle was tactically indecisive although in practical terms it ended the 1715 rebellion. - RBW
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File: MBra193

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