“Cam’ Ye By Atholl“ - Scottish Jacobite Song

“Cam’ Ye by Atholl“ is a Scottish Jacobite folk song. The words were written by James Hogg and it is traditionally sung to a tune by Neil Gow, Junior, the son of Nathaniel Gow. The song, which celebrates the Jacobite rising of 1745, takes the form of a “gathering song“ to recruit Jacobites and makes reference to many of the places and people associated with the rebellion. Hogg wrote in Songs, by the Ettrick shepherd (1831) that he was surprised it had become so popular; he had “dashed down the words at random“ after being given the tune by Gow and considered it “one of his worst“. Performed by the Corries, 1966.