There'll never be peace (Robert Burns, Scottish trad.)

Описание: Robert Burns writes this sad poem In 1791. A father mourns his sons that fought for "Jamie", the “Old Pretender”, James Francis Edward Stuart, or James VIII of Scotland and III of England. James instigated the Jacobite rising of 1715, an attemp to regain the throne of England, Ireland and Scotland to the House of Stuart. The rebellion was a failure. My take uses a Lowden O custom - DADGAD tuning, some two-part harmonies and synthetic voices in the background.

There'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame (By yon castle wa')

By yon castle wa' at the close of the day,
I heard a man sing, tho his head it was grey,
And as he was singing, the tears doon came -
'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!'

'The Church is in ruins, the State is in jars,
Delusion, oppressions, and murderous wars,
We dare na weel sayl but we ken wha's to blame
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!

'My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,
But now I greet round their green beds in the yerd;
It brak the sweet heart o my faithfu auld dame -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!

'Now life is a burden that bows me down,
Sin I tint my bairns, and he tint his crown;
But till my last moments my words are the same -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!'