Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on February 11th 2006 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
Also known as The MacDonalds Of Portree, The Portree Men, Skye Crofters.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Battle Of The Braes, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Dmaj
dB|ABde f2ed|efed B2dB|ABde fdaf|e4 e2fg|
a2~a2 f2ed|BcdB A2de|f2af edef|d4 d2:|
fg|a2~a2 fade|fe~e2 f2df|a2~a2 fdaf|e4 e2fg|
a2~a2 f2ed|BcdB A2de|f2af edef|d4 d2fg|
a2~a2 fade|fe~e2 f2df|a2~a2 fdaf|e4 egfe|
defe d3A|BABd A2de|f2af edef|d4 d2|]
The Battle of the Braes
This is one of lovely tunes recorded on Iain MacDonald and Iain MacFarlane's duet album. I didn't know much about it, but a bit of research shows it seems a melody taken from the song of the same name: http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_battle.htm It's a very lighthearted tune to commemorate a bloody event, just like the Kinnegad Slashers.
# Posted on February 11th 2006 by slainte
The Portree Men
This tune is found in Highland Bagpipe collections and attributed to Ronald MacKenzie. 'The Battle of the Braes' was a sort of riot which occurred south of Portree when around fifty policemen were sent in to evict crofters from Braes but were met by a barrage of stones thrown by the local women (the men being more afraid of the consequences of defying authority); they broke but reformed and attacked the ladies with truncheons, resulting in several bloody heads. The eventual outcome was a national scandal which halted the evictions.
# Posted on February 16th 2006 by siubhal
A Youtube video has appeared of the flute player Niall Kenny playing this tune; it is the last tune in the first set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsY0eod7eQM&feature=user
# Posted on July 2nd 2008 by prouse