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Campbells are Coming
(The). This soul-stirring song was composed in 1715, when
the Earl of Mar raised the standard for the Stuarts against George I.
John Campbell was Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's forces, and the
rebellion was quashed. The main interest now attached to the famous
song is connected with the siege of Lucknow in the Indian rebellion,
1857. Nana Sahib had massacred women and children most foully, and
while the survivors were expecting instant death, a Scotch woman lying
ill on the ground heard the pibroch, and exclaimed, “Dinna ye hear it?
Dinna ye hear it? The pipes o' Havelock sound.” And soon afterwards the
rescue was accomplished. The first verse runs thus:
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming, O-ho!
The Campbells are coming to bonnie Loch Leven,
The Campbells are coming, O-ho!
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Campbells are Coming from Infoplease:
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