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  1. Chan e iadsan a bhàsaich
    an àrdan Inbhir-chéitean
    dhaindeoin gaisge is uabhair
    ceann uachdrach ar sgeula;
    ach esan bha ’n Glaschu,
    ursann-chatha nam feumach,
    Iain mór MacGill-Eain,
    ceann is fèitheam ar sgeula.

    —Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Clann Ghill-Eain”

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #history #labourhistory #socialisthistory #RedClydeside #SorleyMacLean #JohnMaclean

  2. 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”

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

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

  3. ‘I am not prepared to let Moscow dictate to Glasgow.’
    Failures may be interesting, but it is the firmness
    of what he wanted and did not want
    that raises eyebrows: when does the quixotic
    begin to gel, begin to impress, at what point
    of naked surprise?

    —Edwin Morgan, “On John Maclean”
    from COLLECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 1997)

    carcanet.co.uk/9781847779656/c

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Labourhistory #socialism #RedClydeside #JohnMaclean

  4. John Maclean: All that life can give us
    19 Nov, University of Stirling – free

    Author & poet Henry Bell will discuss his creative & historical work around Scottish socialist John Maclean, followed by an open archive and poetry reading

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #history #Labourhistory #socialism #RedClydeside #JohnMaclean

  5. Clann Ghill-Eain
    Somhairle MacGill-Eain

    Chan e iadsan a bhàsaich
    an àrdan Inbhir-chéitean
    dhaindeoin gaisge is uabhair
    ceann uachdrach ar sgeula;
    ach esan bha ’n Glaschu,
    ursann-chatha nam feumach,
    Iain mór MacGill-Eain,
    ceann is fèitheam ar sgeula.

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    #Scottish #literature #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #workingclass #history #labourhistory #RedClydeside #JohnMaclean

  6. 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

  7. 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”

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

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    Hear it sung by Dick Gaughan:
    youtube.com/watch?v=6uAs5cyy5E

  8. They’ve rieved the live rose frae the leaf
    An bluidit aa hir snawy bosom;
    Bit rose-buds wheesh the rose-tree’s grief
    An fresh hir rue til reasoun…

    —Thurso Berwick, “Til the Citie o John Maclean”

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

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

  9. 100 years today since the death of the Red Clydeside socialist John Maclean. Here's Hamish Henderson singing his rousing tribute, The John Maclean March, recorded by Alan Lomax in 1951.

    archive.culturalequity.org/fie

    'The red will be worn, my lads, and Scotland will rise again,
    Now great John Maclean has come hame tae the Clyde.' 🌹

    #FolkMusic #TradMusic #RedClydeside #Socialism #JohnMaclean #WorkingClass #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #Socialist #Scotland #ScottishHistory

  10. John Maclean March
    St. Andrew's Day
    November 30th

    I hope the organisers manage to get a good turnout to commemorate this important event in Scottish history.

    bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/11/

    #Glasgow #march #Scotland #RedClydeside #politics