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Highland Fraser
Contemporary Folk
Highland Fraser was released on June 20, 2024 by Aerostatica as a part of the album When It Rains I Am Home - EP
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Release DateJune 20, 2024
LabelAerostatica
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM113

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tri
Tri
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tri
Tri
Composer

Lyrics

They say the French are on the move
They'll make their way to Castlebar
With General Humbert at the front
And the Irish close behind
Refrain
I am the Highland Fraser, I am the Highland Fraser
Me comrades flee but oh not me.
I stand and I will fight.
I hear the gunshots, and the shouts
They've made their way to Castlebar
And I curse the magpie on the wall
Of the Jail where I stand
Refrain
They fled down Sion hill,
stab them all the locals yell,
and onto Market street
And some went on to Tuam
and others to Athlone
but not me,
not me
I can hear the frenchmen swear
and the magpie's in my ear
but I wasn’t reared to flee
run me boy it says,
run
“They're closing in” the magpie says
“You're missing Scotland now my boy”
A highlander in Castlebar
But a dead man all the same
Refrain
They're gaining now, I take the first,
the second, the third the fourth the fifth
But a pike took me in the ribs,
and the musket did the rest
I am the Highland Fraser, I am the Highland Fraser
Me comrades fled and left me dead
But I stood and I did fight
Written by: Tri
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