Lyrics and Music to:

HECTOR THE HERO

 

Lament him, ye mountains of Ross-shire;

Your tears be the dew and the rain;

Ye forests and straths, let the sobbing winds

Unburden your grief and pain.

Lament him, ye warm-hearted clansmen,

And mourn for a kinsman so true

The pride of the Highlands, the valiant MacDonald

Will never come back to you.

 

O, wail for the mighty in battle,

Loud lift ye the Coronach strain;

For Hector, the Hero, of deathless fame,

Will never come back again.

 

Lament him, ye sons of old Scotia,

Ye kinsmen on many a shore;

A patriot-warrior, fearless of foe,

Has fallen to rise no more.

O cherish his triumph and glory

On Omdurman's death-stricken plain,

His glance like the eagle's, his heart like the lion's

His laurels a nation's gain.

 

O, wail for the mighty in battle,

Loud lift ye the Coronach strain;

For Hector, the Hero, of deathless fame,

Will never come back again.

 

O rest thee, brave heart, in thy slumber,

Forgotten shall ne'er be thy name;

The love and the mercy of Heaven be thine;

Our love thou must ever claim.

To us thou art Hector the Hero,

The chivalrous, dauntless, and true;

The hills and the glens, and the hearts of a nation,

Re-echo the wail for you.

 

O, wail for the mighty in battle,

Loud lift ye the Coronach strain;

For Hector, the Hero, of deathless fame,

Will never come back again.

 

 

Composer: James Scott Skinner

Midi by: Allan M Ferguson

Lyrics submitted by: Zoe Alexander MacGregor

Artists That Recorded "Hector The Hero"

Links to:

Wolfstone	* Mike Oldfield
Roger Landes	Fred Morrison
* Connie Dover	Tony McManus
The Bothy Band	Toronto Police CD (MP3)
Tommy Peoples	Laurence Nugent
Cecelia Webster	Burke,LeMaitre,Cunningham
Ann Gray	Dougie MacDonald
Jennifer Pratt-Walter	The Pure Drop (MP3)
Donald Black	Shenanigans
Beat Smash Square (MP3)	The Denver Brass
Pauline Cato & Tom McConville	The Wee Hours CD
SixMileBridge	Forty-Eighth Highlanders
Stone Circle	Barry Shears
Joe Hutton	Western Australian Police Pipe Band
Tip Splinter	Brendan O'Regan

KINLOCHARD CEILIDH BAND

Old Time Fiddlers of Prince Edward Island

Simon Fraser University Pipe Band

Dalewool Auckland & District Pipe Band

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo

* Mike Oldfield's version of "Hector The Hero" is called "The Hero"

* Connie Dover incorporated "Hector The Hero" in the tune "Ned of the Hill"

James Scott Skinner

Sheet Music

Allan M Ferguson Music Page