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The funeral ended with the Queen's Piper, Pipe Major Paul Burns of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, playing "Sleep, Dearie, Sleep," adapted from a Gaelic song called Caidil mo ghaol. The coffin ...
Sleep, Dearie, Sleep is a traditional Scottish lament for the bagpipes. The tune is used as a lament signal in Highland army regiments. The tune is used as a lament signal in Highland army regiments. It gained prominence when it was played during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022.
The Queen’s Piper will help close her state funeral with a rendition of the traditional piece Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Pipe Major Paul Burns, the monarch’s personal player at the time of her ...
The Queen then asks her bagpiper what kind of lament he finds most beautiful, as she is choosing the appropriate music for her funeral. The bagpiper then plays "Sleep, Dearie, Sleep". [1] [2] The bagpiper is given permission by the Queen to offer his rendition of the soldier's ballade inside the house and he proceeds to play. The loud bagpipes ...
Here are 12 stunning pictures from Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. MARK LARGE/POOL/AFP/Getty Images The state funeral was held at Westminster Abbey. RYAN PIERSE/POOL/AFP/Getty Images One of the ...
Chì mi na mòrbheanna (commonly known in English as The Mist Covered Mountains of Home) is a Scottish Gaelic song that was written in 1856 by Highlander John Cameron. The song's tune was performed on the bagpipes during the state funerals of John F. Kennedy in 1963, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002, Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, Former Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley in 2023 and ...
Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral took place in London on Monday, Sept. 19, with mourners paying their respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch who died on Sept. 8 at 96. The state funeral ...
The Piper to the Sovereign (Scottish Gaelic: Pìobaire an Uachdarain), more commonly known as the King's Piper (Pìobaire an Rìgh) or Queen's Piper (Pìobaire a' Bhanrighe), is a position in the British Royal Household in which the holder of the office is responsible for playing the bagpipes at the Sovereign's request.