#hamishhenderson — Public Fediverse posts

I only have the first edition of Alias MacAlias, which honestly has been a complete nuisance ever since I bought it a decade ago. Borrowed 2nd ed from Perth & Kinross libraries, and they sent it through from Blairgowrie (where Hamish Henderson was born) - alongside a lil leaflet about Henderson's life and Blair library's bust of him. Cute wee surprise when collecting the book.

#HamishHenderson #Blairgowrie #Perthshire #Folklore #Folk

I only have the first edition of Alias MacAlias, which honestly has been a complete nuisance ever since I bought it a decade ago. Borrowed 2nd ed from Perth & Kinross libraries, and they sent it through from Blairgowrie (where Hamish Henderson was born) - alongside a lil leaflet about Henderson's life and Blair library's bust of him. Cute wee surprise when collecting the book.

#HamishHenderson #Blairgowrie #Perthshire #Folklore #Folk

I only have the first edition of Alias MacAlias, which honestly has been a complete nuisance ever since I bought it a decade ago. Borrowed 2nd ed from Perth & Kinross libraries, and they sent it through from Blairgowrie (where Hamish Henderson was born) - alongside a lil leaflet about Henderson's life and Blair library's bust of him. Cute wee surprise when collecting the book.

#HamishHenderson #Blairgowrie #Perthshire #Folklore #Folk

I only have the first edition of Alias MacAlias, which honestly has been a complete nuisance ever since I bought it a decade ago. Borrowed 2nd ed from Perth & Kinross libraries, and they sent it through from Blairgowrie (where Hamish Henderson was born) - alongside a lil leaflet about Henderson's life and Blair library's bust of him. Cute wee surprise when collecting the book.

#HamishHenderson #Blairgowrie #Perthshire #Folklore #Folk

“One of the beastly sins of modern Scotland [is] that it’s a bit ashamed of the rich, riotous, very bawdy but also high-spirited kindly & generous past.”

—Dr Sarah Leith on Hamish Henderson’s reimagining of Scottish identity

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https://scottishcriticalheritage.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/sex-whisky-and-rock-and-reel-hamish-hendersons-reimagining-of-scottish-identity/

#Scottish #literature #HamishHenderson #20thcentury #culture #identity #culturalidentity

Hey Mac did ye see him as he cam in by Gorgie,
Awa ower the Lammerlaw and north o’ the Tay?
Yon man is comin’ and the hale toon is turnin’ oot,
We’re aa’ sair he’ll win back tae Glasga the day…

—Hamish Henderson, “The John Maclean March”

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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #history #labourhistory #RedClydeside #HamishHenderson #JohnMaclean

John Maclean (1879–1923), socialist & Red Clydesider, was born #OTD, 24 August

Listen to Hamish Henderson’s “The John Maclean March”, sung by Dick Gaughan (1972)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uAs5cyy5EM

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Happy 105th birthday to Hamish Henderson - communist, folklorist, high heidyin of the Scottish Folk Revival.

Henderson's song Freedom Come All Ye rallies against imperialism, exploitation and injustice, and calls all who stand against oppression never to give in:

'So come all ye at hame wi Freedom,
Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doom'

Here he is gien it laldy - https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/60736?l=en

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