Annotation:Jacobites in Their Hiding Places (The)

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 JACOBITES IN THEIR HIDING PLACES, THE (Nach bochd a bhi 'm falach). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "This air does not relate to the Prince personally, but to the incident mentioned in the prospectus, of both the editor's grandfathers, with Mr. Fraser of Culduthel and others being obliged for a time to quit thier homes and families, and retire to the hills from a pursuit of dragoons, that never ceased to annoy them during the residence of the Duke of Cumberland's army in the vicinity of Inverness and Fort Augustus. Yet it will be seen from the 'Quarterly Review' of the Culloden papers, that they all signed a spontaneous memorial, professing their fidelity to the reigning family, which, however, the intrigue of party maliciously prevented from being duly presented. They were, indeed, bewildered betwixt their obligations to their ambitious Chief and their King, and rather ensnared than voluntary parties, being firm Protestants" (Fraser).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 122, p. 48.  Recorded sources:

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