Hogg's Jacobite Reliques is a collection of songs related to the Jacobite risings, compiled by James Hogg

James Hogg

James Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English.-Early life:James Hogg was born in a small farm near Ettrick, Scotland in 1770 and was baptized there on 9 December, his actual date of birth having never been recorded...

 on commission from the Highland Society of London

Highland Society of London

The Highland Society of London is a charity registered in England, with "the view of establishing and supporting schools in the Highlands and in the Northern parts of Great Britain, for relieving distressed Highlanders at a distance from their native homes, for preserving the antiquities and...

 in 1817. Most of the songs in the collection are Jacobite

Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

, and a minority are Whig. A number of the songs were written or adapted by Robert Burns

Robert Burns

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

 and scholars speculate as to how many of them were authored or at least substantially altered by Hogg himself.

After being revived by Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...

, several of the songs included gained new popularity in the 20th century through performances by musicians such as The Corries

The Corries

The Corries were a Scottish folk group that emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. Although the group was a trio in the early days, it was as the partnership of Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne that it is best known.-Early years:...

, Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span are an English folk-rock band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. Along with Fairport Convention they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat"....

 and Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader MBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three BRIT Awards and has topped both the album and singles charts...

, among others – most notably Ye Jacobites (#34), Cam Ye O'er Frae France

Cam Ye O'er Frae France

Cam ye o'er frae France is a Scots mocking folk song from the time of the Jacobite Revolution in the 18th century.-Background:After the death of Queen Anne the British crown passed on to George, the Elector of Hanover...

 (#53) and Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation is a Scottish folk song whose lyrics are taken from an eponymous Robert Burns poem of 1791. It derides those members of the Parliament of Scotland who signed the Act of Union with England in 1707, comparing their treachery to the country with the tradition of...

 (#36).

Reliques was first published in 1819. An edited version was published as The Jacobite Relics of Scotland in 2002 (volume I ISBN 0-7486-1592-X; volume II ISBN 0-7486-1591-1). The full original book, now out of copyright, can be found on Google Books and is available for downloading as a pdf file.

The numbered songs (with music)

• 1 - The King shall enjoy his own again
• 2 - The Haughs of Cromdale
• 3 - Lesley's March to Scotland
• 4 - Lesley's March to Longmaston Moor
• 5 - The Restoration
• 6 - The Royal Oak Tree
• 7 - Tree of Friendship
• 8 - The Drowning of Care
• 9 - Hey, then, up go we
• 10 - You're welcome, Whigs, from Bothwell Brigs
• 11 - Cakes o' Crowdy
• 12 - There cam' a Fiddler out o' Fife
• 13 - Ne'er to return
• 14 - King William's March
• 15 - It was a' for our rightfu' King
• 16 - Three good Fellows ayont you Glen
• 17 - The Battle of Killicrankie
• 18 - Prælium Gilliecrankianum
• 19 - Killicrankie
  Braes o' Killiecrankie
  Braes o' Killiecrankie is the name of four distinct folk songs, all originally from Scotland.The version that begins with the line "Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?" is the one discussed here. The versions that begin with the line "Clavers and his highland men" are either the Scots version or the...
  
  
• 20 - The Devil o'er Stirling
• 21 - Willie the Wag
• 22 - The Cameronian Cat
• 23 - Come, an the King come
• 24 - Willie Winkie's Testament
• 25 - The Act of Succession
• 26 - Would you know what a Whig is
• 27 - When the King comes o'er the Water
• 28 - Freedom's Farewell
• 29 - Come, fill your Bowls
• 30 - The King shall enjoy his own
• 31 - Here's a Health to them that's away
• 32 - Over the Seas and far awa
• 33 - I hae nae Kith, I hae nae Kin
• 34 - Ye Jacobites by Name
  Ye Jacobites by Name
  Ye Jacobites by Name is a traditional Scottish folk song which goes back to the Jacobite Risings in Scotland . While the original version simply attacked the Jacobites from a contemporaneous Whig point of view, Robert Burns rewrote it in around 1791 to give a version with a more general, humanist...
  
   (Roud 5517)
• 35 - My Love he was a Highland Lad
• 36 - Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
  Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
  Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation is a Scottish folk song whose lyrics are taken from an eponymous Robert Burns poem of 1791. It derides those members of the Parliament of Scotland who signed the Act of Union with England in 1707, comparing their treachery to the country with the tradition of...
  
  
• 37 - This is no my ain House
• 38 - There'll never be Peace till Jamie comes hame
• 39 - The Awkward Squad
• 40 - The Union
• 41 - The Thistle and the Rose
• 42 - Queen Anne; or, The Auld Gray Mare
• 43 - Bishop Burnet's Descent into Hell
• 44 - A wicked old Peer
• 45 - Sarum's Dirge
• 46 - Awa, Whigs awa
• 47 - The Broad Swords of Scotland
• 48 - There was a Man came from the Moon
• 49 - At Auchindown
• 50 - The Riding Mare
• 51 - The wee wee German Lairdie
• 52 - The Ringing o't
• 53 - Come ye o'er frae France
• 54 - Let our great James come over
• 55 - The Sow's Tail to Geordie
• 56 - Plain Truth
• 57 - The Pilfering Brood
• 58 - Kirn-milk Geordie
• 59 - Come, let us drink a Health, Boys
• 60 - Donald Macgillavry
• 61 - Jamie, the Rover
• 62 - The Curses
• 63 - Perfidious Britain
• 64 - The Thistle of Scotland
• 65 - Frae the Friend, and Land I love
• 66 - Here's to the King, Sir
• 67 - The Cuckoo
• 68 - The Rebellious Crew
• 69 - My Laddie
• 70 - Geordie Whelps' Testament
• 71 - O, royal James
• 72 - The auld Stuarts back again
• 73 - Down among the Dead Men
• 74 - Robin John Clark
• 75 - Both Sides the Tweed
• 76 - The Fifth of November
• 77 - The Bonny Moorhen
• 78 - The Waes o' Scotland
• 79 - Lochmaben Gate
• 80 - Hame, Hame, Hame
• 81 - Our ain Country
• 82 - Marilla
• 83 - A South-Sea Ballad
• 84 - O, beautiful Britannia
• 85 - Nobody can deny
• 86 - James, come kiss me now
• 87 - What Murrain now has ta'en the Whigs
• 88 - True Blue
• 89 - Will ye go to Sheriffmuir (Aikendrum)
  Aiken Drum
  "Aiken Drum" is a popular Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme, which probably has its origins in a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir . It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 2571....
  
  (Roud 2571)
• 90 - The Chevalier's Muster-Roll

Jacobite songs listed in the appendix (without music)

• A Tory in a Whig's Coat
• John Hielandman's Visit to the Quarter Session
• Albany
• The Cannons now are at a Stand
• The Removal of the Parliament from London to Oxford
• Donald Cowper
• Information
• The Present State of England
• Titus Telltroth
• Ignoramus
• The Man of Fashion
• The Loyal Health
• A Narrative of the old Plot; being a new Song
• Jack Presbyter's Wish
• The Pot-Companions
• The Protestant Flail
• The Royal Litany
• The Loyal Conqast
• Whig upon Whig
• Eustace Comines, the Irish Evidence, his Farewell to England
• Dagon's Fall
• Lament for the Apprehending of Sir Thomas Armstrong
• Pluto, the Prince of Darkness, &c
• The Whigs exposed
• An excellent new Song, &c
• The Royal Admiral
• The Happy Return of the Old Dutch Miller
• There's none so happy as we
• Patience Ward
• Hail to the Prince of the Plot
• Honest Redcoat
• The Western Rebel
• The Loyal Irishman
• The Plot is rent and torn
• A new Litany
• The Constitution restored in 1711

Whig songs listed in the appendix (without music)

Hogg states that he believed that these were all of English origin

• Fifth of November
• Song on the Thirtieth of January 1696
• A Health
• King William's Birth-Day
• Haste over, Hanover, fast as you can over
• Loyalty displayed, &c
• The French King's Thanks and Advice, &c
• The Age of Wonders
• Tantivy Tory
• Nothing but Truth
• God prosper long this freeborn Isle
• The Truth at last
• If now at last we must give up Spain
• George at last shall war the Crown
• The Merchant a-la-Mode
• A Litany
• Hey, Boys, up go we
• The First Psalm
• Advice to Britons
• The High-Church Alarm
• The Raree Show
• Raree Show
• First of August
• First of August
• First of August
• First of August
• No Popery here shall thrive
• Tories' Lamentation
• Vile Tricksters and Greggsters
• Advice to the Tories
• King George's Birth-Day
• Now, now is come the glorious Year
• Brunswick Mum
• That Protestants with Protestants
• On his Majesty's Coronation
• Here's a Health to the King
• No more the Danger of the Church
• Rue and Tyme
• On the Breaking out of the Rebellion
• The High-Church shall never make Perkin a King
• The Pretender's Army

External links

• The Jacobite Relics of Scotland