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We'll Have Our Highlands Righted Yet

from This Land is Our Land by Alan Dickson

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    This sampler EP showcases some of the songs from the Strains of Eden project. Devised and created by Scottish singer songwriter Alan Dickson it focuses on Scotland during the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of the songs in the series will appear for the first time. The project aims to make an important addition to the rich cultural heritage of Scottish life, and to raise awareness of this period in terms of informing debate about social and ecological concerns of today. For more information visit: www.strainsofeden.net

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In late 19th century Scotland the Celtic Magazine helped to support the Highland cause by publishing articles, poems and songs. This was one such contribution, submitted in 1878 by William Allan, born Dundee, who later became a Liberal Party politician and Member of Parliament for Gateshead.

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We'll have our Highlands righted yet,
Too long have they been slighted yet;
Come! let us join, and bold combine,
To have our Highlands righted yet.

Some Highland lairds are loth to mov,
Their hearts seem dead to Highland love,
But sterling men will ready prove
To have their Highlands righted yet.

We'll have our Highlands righted yet,
And happy all united yet;
Our Gaelic tongue, from Eden sprung,
No longer shall be slighted yet.

We'll have it taught to every bairn,
Its glorious beauty all must learn,
Then every mountain, hill, and cairn,
Shall leap to see it righted yet.

We'll have our Highlands righted yet,
Our cottars all requited yet;
God made the earth for men of worth,
Then why are they so slighted yet?

Shall men be reft of home and bread,
That brutes for sportsmen may be fed?
No! no! such laws of Wrong we'll sned,
And have our Highlands righted yet.

We'll have our Highlands righted yet,
Our name no longer blighted yet;
When every glen shall teem with men,
And thousands be delighted yet:

Then let us work with Highland skill,
With Highland hearts of tire and will,
And never yield our faith until
We have our Highlands righted yet.

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from This Land is Our Land, track released March 25, 2015

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Alan Dickson Glasgow, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Alan Dickson was born in Leith but now based in Glasgow. Alan writes about life in Scotland and beyond, mainly of a personal and political nature.

Descended from a Leith docker, he remarks: "as life mimics art I'm just like my grandfather, only he used a rivet gun and I use a guitar."

Among his influences are Robert Burns, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Dick Gaughan. ... more

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