The Pibroch
Music: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) · Words: Murdoch Maclean
The pibroch, man, the pibroch!
Upon the north wind be- neath the list’ning
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The words
The pibroch, man, the pibroch!
Upon the north wind be- neath the list’ning
sky? A thousand voices rise to cheer it,
As proud the kilted Highlanders go by.
There’s breath of moor and ben in it,
And sough of Highland glen in it,
There’s battle’s roar by sea and shore And
tramp of marching men in it.
There’s rune of ancient pride in it,
And dirge of men who died in it, There’s daring
bold of heroes old, And strength that kings
de- fied in it.
There’s feud of blood and hate in it,
And vengeance crying yet in it,
There’s rousing song of woe and wrong That we
may ne’er forget in it.
There’s note of haunting fears in it,
And mist of parting tears in it,
There’s grief forlorn in anguish borne Adown
the fleeting years in it.
There’s dash of sea and foam in it,
There’s sigh of sons who roam in it,
There’s blending strain of love and pain That
calls the wand’rer home in it.
The pibroch, man, the pibroch,
The pibroch, hear it calling Afar amid the
solitudes we know.
The silver dews of night are softly falling,
The stars are on the heather —
let us go.
About this song
- Music
- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Murdoch Maclean
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1919, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:12
- Its source files it as
- Songs of a Roving Celt, Op.157
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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