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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.
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 ...
Reportedly composed by Ewen MacGregor of Clann an Sgeulaiche, or his pupil David Fraser, [2] the work is said to be "a pibroch composed by his own piper to mourn his passing, played at the slow pace of Lord Lovat's final march of 300 paces from the Tower of London to Tower Hill."
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 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 ...
The song has been performed at numerous Scottish cultural events, including Scotland's Rugby Union games. [1] It is also a popular wedding song. It was played on 4 May 2019 at the state funeral of the Grand Duke Jean from Luxembourg at the Notre Dame Cathedral by the Band of the Irish Guards and the Luxembourg Military Band .
[2] Pipe Major Leslie de Laspee played the role of private Bill Millin in the Holywood film The Longest Day (1962). [ 3 ] Bill Millin (1922–2010), who was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat , commander of 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day , is best remembered for playing the pipes whilst under fire during the D-Day landing in ...
The stately, mournful piece was played at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April 2021, as well as the procession to the lying in state of the Queen Mother and the funeral of King Edward VII.