Wae's me for Prince Charlie (album)

Wae's me for Prince Charlie
Studio album by The Battlefield Band
Released	1978
Genre	Celtic
Length	40:57
Label	Escalibur
The Battlefield Band chronology
Battlefield Band (1977) (Topic) Wae's me for Prince Charlie (1978) (Escalibur) At the Front (1978) (Topic)

Wae's me for Prince Charlie is Battlefield Band's second (studio) album on the Escalibur label. It was first released on LP in 1978 as Volume II - Wae's me for Prince Charlie.^[1]

Content

The album is a sort of "follow-up" to Volume I - Farewell to Nova Scotia which had been previously released on LP in 1976 as Battlefield Band's debut (studio) album on the Escalibur label.

Track listing

Side A : 19:49

1. "Pipe Major George Allan" 4.55 (Donald MacLeod)
2. "Wae's Me for Prince Charlie" (*) 4.05 (William Glen)^[2]
3. "Lady Madeleine Sinclair / The Spey in Spate / The Duke of Perth" 3.09 (trad. / J.S. Skinner / trad.)
4. "The Hieland Sodger" (*), (**) & (****) 3.34 (trad.)
5. "The Streaker/The Wee Man from Skye/The Irish Washer Wife" 4.06

Side B : 21:08

1. "The Arran Boat / The Canty Auld Man / Drummond Castle" 5.29 (trad.)
2. "The Lothian Hairst" (**) 3.31 (trad.)
3. "The Barngann Gil" 2.52 (trad.)
4. "Mormond Braes" (***) 5.17 (trad.)
5. "Cherish the Ladìes / The Rambling Pitchfork" 3.59 (trad.)

Personnel

Battlefield Band

• Brian McNeill: voice (**), guitar, fiddle, concertina, mandolin, viola
• Jamie McMenemy: voice (***), mandolin, banjo, fiddle, Irish flute
• John Gahagan: voice (****), Irish flute, whistle, concertina, bones
• Alan Reid: voice (*), organ, guitar, piano, accordion

Guest musicians

• David John Munro: Uilleann pipes
• Ian McDonald: Scottish Highland pipes
• Angus McGregor: Northumbrian pipes

References