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"Sgt. MacKenzie" is a lament written and sung by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie (1955-2009), [1] in memory of his great-grandfather who was killed in combat during World War I. It has been used in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers and the ending scene of the 2012 film End of Watch.
In January 1948, [4] at the officers' mess of a Highland battalion, Jock Sinclair announces that this is his last day as acting commanding officer.Sinclair, who is still only a major despite having been in command (as a brevet lieutenant colonel) since the battalion's last full colonel died during the North Africa Campaign, is to be replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow.
The song is about a dying Scottish soldier, wishing to return to the hills of his homeland rather than die in the Tyrol. The song was one of two US chart entries by Andy Stewart. "A Scottish Soldier" reached no. 1 in Canada (3 weeks), [2] Australia, and New Zealand. It spent 36 weeks in the UK Singles Chart in 1961. [3]
Andrew Stewart MBE (30 December 1933 – 11 October 1993) was a Scottish singer and entertainer. He presented the BBC TV variety show The White Heather Club throughout the 1960s, and his song "Donald Where's Your Troosers?" was a hit in both 1960 and 1989. Internationally, the song most closely associated with Stewart is "A Scottish Soldier".
In 2006, a Devon folk singer, Sheelagh Allen, wrote a song about him, "The Highland Piper". [11] Millin played the pipes at Lord Lovat's funeral in 1995. [12] Millin, who suffered a stroke in 2003, died in hospital in Torbay on 17 August 2010, aged 88. [1] [4] His wife Margaret (née Dowdel, from Edinburgh) died in 2000. They were survived by ...
The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie (Roud # 545) is a Scottish folk song about a thwarted romance between a soldier and a woman. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often referred to by its opening line "There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons". The song is also known by a variety of ...
"Farewell to Nova Scotia" is a popular folk song from Nova Scotia, Canada.It was adapted from the Scottish lament "The Soldier's Adieu" written by Robert Tannahill.It was written sometime before or during World War I and popularized in 1964 when Catherine McKinnon used it as the theme song for the Halifax-based CBC TV program, Singalong Jubilee.
A Scottish Soldier; Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers; Sky Pilot (song) Smiling Sammy: Fox Trot; Soldier (Harvey Andrews song) Soldier (Neil Young song) Soldier Boy (1915 song) Soldier Boy (The Shirelles song) Soldier of 3 Armies; A Soldier Speaks; Soldier, Soldier (song) Soldier, soldier won't you marry me; Soldier's Heart (song ...