Wae's me for Prince Charlie is Battlefield Band's second (studio) album on the Escalibur label. It was first released on LP in 1978 as Volume II - Wae's me for Prince Charlie.[1]

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Wae's me for Prince Charlie
Studio album by The Battlefield Band
Released	1978
Genre	Celtic
Length	40:57
Label	Escalibur
The Battlefield Band chronology
Battlefield Band (1977) Wae's me for Prince Charlie (1978) At the Front (1978)

Content

The album is a sort of "follow-up" to Volume I - Farewell to Nova Scotia which had been previously released on LP in 1976 as Battlefield Band's debut (studio) album on the Escalibur label.

Track listing

Side A : 19:49

1. "Pipe Major George Allan" 4.55 (Donald MacLeod)
2. "Wae's Me for Prince Charlie" (*) 4.05 (William Glen)[2]
3. "Lady Madeleine Sinclair / The Spey in Spate / The Duke of Perth" 3.09 (trad. / J.S. Skinner / trad.)
4. "The Hieland Sodger" (*), (**) & (****) 3.34 (trad.)
5. "The Streaker/The Wee Man from Skye/The Irish Washer Wife" 4.06

Side B : 21:08

1. "The Arran Boat / The Canty Auld Man / Drummond Castle" 5.29 (trad.)
2. "The Lothian Hairst" (**) 3.31 (trad.)
3. "The Barngann Gil" 2.52 (trad.)
4. "Mormond Braes" (***) 5.17 (trad.)
5. "Cherish the Ladìes / The Rambling Pitchfork" 3.59 (trad.)

Personnel

Battlefield Band

• Brian McNeill: voice (**), guitar, fiddle, concertina, mandolin, viola
• Jamie McMenemy: voice (***), mandolin, banjo, fiddle, Irish flute
• John Gahagan: voice (****), Irish flute, whistle, concertina, bones
• Alan Reid: voice (*), organ, guitar, piano, accordion

Guest musicians

• David John Munro: Uilleann pipes
• Ian McDonald: Scottish Highland pipes
• Angus McGregor: Northumbrian pipes

References