Talk:Robert Tannahill

The Braes of Balquhidder
"The Braes of Balquhidder (c.1742)" can't be correct as Tannahill wasn't born then.Alpheus (talk) 23:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, good point. .. dave souza, talk 13:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Erin Go Bragh
The Tune and words for Erin Go Bragh are often attributed as an Irish folk song about the 1916 uprising, but the tune was in fact written by Robert Tannahill after the Irish Rebellion at the time of the Napoleonic wars. The original was about a man from Argyll visiting Edinborough (Auld Reekie) and being mistaken for an Irishman, and his mistreatment. https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/eringobragh.html

While the version about the 1916 uprising has a completely different set of words, I think it would be really important to remember Robert Tannahill as the originator of the this tune as part of his contribution to folk music and lyrics. I think this part of aural history is worth remembering, and Robert Tannahill's part in it is very much underrated. This tune should therefore be mentioned in this wiki.

Personally I prefer Tannahill's words (in as much as we figure those out) as they are specifically about racism and discrimination made all the more poignant because his main protaganist is not even Irish.

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Chris Fabricator4 (talk) 08:02, 14 March 2024 (UTC)