g Snqlidh Collection' THE GIFT OF 3ame$ Mnv^an Hart A,/6/^7q ///{(^((qC^ ^fEXANDERjV[ACLAGArC Ensign ^ecoad City.E.RY, Author of Sketches froja Nature & other Poems' ^"Ragged School Rhyjwes"- SoitGS^&c.&c.j ni|ii' \. EQINBURG H.- JOHN MENZiES. 2,. HANOVER STREET. LONDON: HOULSTOM * WRICHT, 65. PATERNOSTER ROW. Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013520717 VOLUNTEER " SONGS BT ALEXANDER MACLAGAN, ENSIGN SECOND CITY E.V.R, AUTHOB OP "sketches FEOM NATURE, AND OTHER POEMS," "RAGGED SCHOOL RHYMES," " SONGS," ETC. ETC. iiitaM, If mxmlMkUf U |MI PiwW ^«ri §lu&t, y*'\j'« (^* EDINBUEGH: JOHN MENZIES, 2 HANpVEE STEEET. LONDON : H0UL8T0N & WEIGHT, 15 PATEENOSTEE EOW. MDOCCLXm. T A-iu ^1=1 BDINBUKGH : PRINTED BY THE CALEDONIAN PEESS, SOUTH SAINT DAVID STREET. "l"loz^ TO FIELD MARSHAL LORD CLYDE, G.C.B. Mt Lobd, Eemembering witli gratitude and pride the kind maimer in whicli yon eulogized my Crimean War Songs, wlien I* had the honour of heing introduced to your Lordship on the occasion of the " Sword of Honour" heing presented to you hy the Citizens of Glasgow in 1856, 1 heg respectfully to Dedicate to your Lordship this Collection of Volunteer Songs. Holding the opinion, -with the majority of my countrymen, that every British suhject, from the age of fifteen to fifty-five, should enroU themselves as Yolunteers, I considered it but my duty to join, the first members of this great movement in 1858. The favours of our Gracious Queen, the countenance and support of her Ministers, and the fact that your Lordship holds a Commision in a "Volunteer Corps, promises weU for the realization of the highest hopes of the -warmest Patriot. If your humble servant has contributed in any degree, to keep up the enthusiasm of his brother Volunteers, he is fully rewarded and will always consider it an honour to march side by side with them, and, in defence of Native Land, to meet our enemies with the Pen or the Sword — a Ballad or a Bayonet. I am, ' Tour Lordship's most obedient Servant, ALEXANDEE MACLAGAJS", ENSiaN BEOOND 0IT7 KU.V. EXTEACTS OF LETTERS FEOM THE CEIMEA. EroDi John Joinek, Quartermaster, 93d Highlanders. Camp befoee Sebastopol, ^kth August 1855. Many thanks for Mr. Maclagan's war songs you so kindly sent. " We'll Im'e nane but HigMand bonnets here" is excellent, and we never tire singing it in the camp. Erom EoBBRT Sinclair, No. 2 Corrvpany, 93eZ Highlanders. Camp before Sebastopol, Aih Augttet 1855. Dear Sir, — ""We'll ha'e naue but Highland bonnets here" is highly appreciated in the camp of the 93d Highlanders, and was sung with great enthusiasm both in the tents and in the trenches. I can assure you it will long be a favourite song in our regiment, and the whole High- land -Brigade. It was sung by many a poor fellow by the camp fires in the last dreadful winter nights, when one would thiiik that singing was not in their hearts. You caiinot think how cheering it is to the soldier fighting for his native land, when singing the songs of dear auld Scot- land! Mr Alexander Maclagan. VOLUNTEER SONGS. "OUR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY." Up Volunteers ! God save the Queen ! Shall he our toast to-day ! With stalwart arms, and dauntless hearts, Well guard her throne for aye ! God save the Queen ! — ^to threat'ning foes Eight boldly we declaie — That her Volunteers are ready. Let them come if they dare ! Chorus — Her Volunteers are ready ! Her Volunteers are ready ! Her Volunteers are ready ! Let them come if they dare ! We'll take no taunts from foreign tongues. Their malice we defy ; For love, and home, and native land. We still can do and die ! VOLUNTEER SONGS. And of honour, wealth, and glory. We shall claim our lion's share ! For our Volunteers are ready ! Let them come if they dare ! Chorus — Her Volunteers are ready ! Come let us pledge the gallant Prince ! * Who spoke out like a man ; Like Nelson's signal through our ranks. His burning challenge ran. To Britain's foes — ^while British cheers Like thunder thrilled the air — See ! our Volunteers are ready. Let them come if they dare ! Chorus — Her Volunteers are ready ! Though peace o'er all the world he still The spirit we invoke ; Lightning from Heaven alone can rend Our glorious British Oak ! God save the Queen ! — ^to all her foes Eight proudly we declare — That her Volunteers are ready. Let them come if they dare ! Chorus — Her Volunteers are ready ! * The Duke of Cambridge. — See his Speech delivered at the Lord Mayor's Dinner in London, 1860. VOLUNTEER SONGS. THE "EIFLE BRIGADE." EESPECTPBLLT raSOEIBBD TO att. BROTHER VOLUNTMEES. Mime mrromged by R, B. Stewwrt, wnd smug with great appki/use at Mr. Howard's Concerts. Tuira:— " The Oa/rb of Old Gcml.' Success, and three cheers to our Eifle Brigade ! Success, and three cheers to our Eifle Brigade ! Our foes will think twice ere our land they invade. When they see the hrave ranks of our Eifle Brigade. " Eeady, aye ready !" our motto shall he ; "Eeady, aye ready !" by land and by sea. Love, honour, and duty shall still have the aid And the blood of the brave in the Eifle Brigade. Chorus — Success, and three cheers to our Eifle Brigade ! Success, and three cheers to our Eifle Brigade ! Our foes will think twice ere our land they invade. When they see the brave ranks of our Eifle Brigade. The peer and the peasant have joiaed heart and hand. To defend every inch of our dear native land ; To shield and to shelter from danger and harm The wealth of the palace, the cottage, and farm. VOLUNTEER SONGS. The crown of our Queen, and the love of her law. Will nerve every arm when for freedom we draw ; By the hearths of our homes, wife, mother, and maid Will rejoice in the faith of our Kifle Brigade. Chorus — Success, and three cheers to our Eifle Brigade ! The young hlood of Britain is up in full tide, The ring of the rifle is heard far and wide ; They are up, son and sire — in the south, in the north ; They are up, men of honour, of genius, and worth. Let England rejoice in her brave Volunteers ! Let Scotland he proud of her brave mountaineers ! When, shoulder to shoulder, their ranks are arrayed. And her war-pipe is heard in our Eifle Brigade. Chorus — Success, and three cheers to our Eifle Brigade ! 'Tis not rifle-practice to vapour and boast ; But we vow, if our foes set a foot on our coast. That their legions will tread on the dust of their graves— That Britannia shall stiU be the Queen of the Waves ! They will feel in our steel, they wiU hear in our strains. That the blood of our forefathers still swells our veins ; When our banners unstained to the sun are displayed, 'Mid the shouts and the cheers of our Eifle Brigade ! Chorus — Success, and three cheers to our Eifle Brigade ! VOLUNTEER SONaS. OUR VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER ARTHitERY. Music by John Smalley, BomA Master of 78th Highlaiiders. OuE Volunteer Artillery ! We hail with three tiiaes three ; ' Defenders of our native land. The great, the grand, the free ! The great, the grand, the free, hoys ! We hail her gallant sons ; Their foes will fly like chaff before The thunder of their guns ! Chorus — The thunder of their guns, boys ! The thunder of their guns ! Their foes will fly like chaff before The thunder of their guns ! Our Volunteer Artillery ! Brave hearts and hands they boast ! And should a foeman dare to set A foot upon our coast, A foot upon our coast, boys ! To stain our native shore, So warm will be our welcoming That they return no more ! VOLUNTEER SOKaS. Chorus — That they return no more, boys ! That they return no more. So warm ■wiH be our welcoming That they return no more ! We hail our brave ArtOlery ! We hail each Volunteer ! Who arms to guard our hearths and homes To fame and freedom dear ! To fame and freedom dear, boys ! Their honour they'll maintain When Queen and country cry "To arms !" They never arm in vain ! Chorus — They never arm in vain, boys ! They never arm in vain ! When Queen and country cry " To arms !" They never arm in vain ! We hail our brave Artillery ! Our brother banded men ! Where is the power that dares to beard The lion in his den 1 The lion in his den, boys ! Who never feared a foe ! The world in arms shall never lay Our glorious laurels low ! Chorus — Our glorious laurels low, boys ! Our glorious laurels low ! The world in arms shall never lay Our glorious laurels low ! VOLUNTEEK SONGS. BUGLE SONG. WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF MRS. OAPT. SMITH SLIGO, OP INZIEVAE, PEE- SBNTIN6 A SILVBE BUGLE TO THE SECOND HIGHLAND COMPANY, B.R.V. Come let us sing our Bugle Song ! The pride of Inzievar ! Well obey its thrilling summons, Sounding high, in peace or war ! Proudly swelling in the festive scene. Or on the hattle plain ! When it calls — ^to faith and honour. It will never sound in vain ! Choms — It will never sound in vain ! With loyal hearts and glowing souls. Well tell in martial lay How much we prize the soldier's gift That beauty gives to-day ! We swear by our forefathers' fields. And flag without a stain ! When it calls — ^to love and duty. It will never sound in vain Chorus — It will never sound in vain ! VOLUNTEER SONGS. Lo ! when our Highland Volunteers Their loyalty would prove. To guard our country's steadfast throne — The virtuous Queen we love. Our Bugle Song will proudly tell The grandeur of her reign ! When it calls — to Britain's glory, It wiU never sound in vain ! Chorus — ^It wiU never sound in vain ! And should a proud foe dare invade Our glorious fatherland. Our Volunteers, among the first, WiU fight them hand to hand ! Their Bugle in the Highland charge. Their honour will maintain ! When it calls — to death or victory. It will never sound in vain ! Chorus — It wiU never sound ia vain ! VOLUNTEER SONGS. OUE VOLUNTEER REVIEW! Edinburgh, 7th August, 1860. ""With her usual punctuality the Queen was on the ground. The booming of cannon announced that the Eoyal Cortege was approaching the Grand Stand. The signal for the Royal Salute was given, when up go 20,000 Rifles and several hundred swords as by magic, and down they come with the simultaneous ring which tells of steady and painstaking drill. And when the soul-stirring chords of our National Anthem swell upon the breeze, the whole of that mighty host, upright and steady, offer free homage to a beloved and cherished Sovereign. " Let Scotland's brave and loyal heart With rapture hail the day That from her glowing history Shall never pass away. Well may she rear her standard high. And wave her bonnet blue. To greet our gracious Queen, and hail Our Volunteer Eeview ! GhoniiS — Our Volunteer Eeview, hurrah ! Our Volunteer Eeview ! To greet our gracious Queen, and hail Our Volunteer Eeview ! They crowd to Scotland's capital. The brave men of the west ! 10 VOLXJNTBEE SONGS. From Maidenkirk to John o'Groat's, Her bravest and lier best ! The Southern men come boldly on ; The Border lads are true ! The kilted North sends thousands forth To our Volunteer Review ! Chorus — Our Volunteer Eeview, hurrah ! Our Volunteer Eeview ! To greet our gracious Queen, and hail Our Volunteer Eeview ! How beauty's love-lit eyes will shower Glad bximing beams to-day ! Lo ! twenty thousand gallant men March past in proud array ! With dauntless hearts and stalwart arms — And souls to dare and do ! To guard our hearths and homes from harm. At our Volunteer Eeview ! Chorus — Our Volunteer Eeview, hurrah ! Our Volunteer Eeview ! To greet our gracious Queen, and hail Our Volunteer Eeview ! How proud must be our Sovereign's heart. To look on such a scene ! To mark the young bold eagle eye The firm and martial mein ! VOLUNTEER SONGS. 1 1 To know that high and loyal thoughts Thrill every hosom through With patriot fire for all she loves. At our Volunteer Review, Chorus — Our Volunteer Eeview, hurrah ! Our Volunteer Eeview ! To greet our gracious Queen, and hail Our Volunteer Eeview ! A nation sings God save the Queen ! Steadfast her throne shall he ! Heaven-guarded on the glorious rock Of love and liberty ! Let Scotland rear her standard high, And wave her bonnet blue ! To greet our gracious Queen, and hail Our Volunteer Eeview ! Chorus — Our Volunteer Eeview, hurrah ! Our Volunteer Eeview! To greet our gracious Queen, and hail Our Volunteer Eeview ! 12 VOLUNTEER SONGS. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE! LoHD Eloho at the Monteose Gathemno. — "He happened to be on the Staff at the Edinburgh Review, with some of the old experienced officers of the army, and he heard Lord Eokeby say ' With these men I conld do anything, and go anywhere.' t»»nHlUuiUSUt»|tiUlttdltUUHiHrilUi