Hector the Hero is a classic lament penned by Scottish composer and fiddler James Scott Skinner in 1903. James Scott Skinner ( August 5, 1843 - March 17, 1927) was a Scottish dancing master Violinist and Fiddler Skinner was Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting It was written as a tribute to Major-General Hector MacDonald, a distinguished Scottish general around the turn of the century. Major-General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald ( March 4 1853 &ndash March 25 1903) was a distinguished officer in the British army MacDonald, a friend of Skinner's, had not long before committed suicide due to illness and rumors of his being homosexual, despite being married. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation.
As it is a lament, it is played slowly and sadly, often using instruments such as the violin, piano, guitar or bagpipes. The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag It has been covered by many artists since its release, and is still reasonably well known today.
As it was written in 1903, the lyrics and music to "Hector the Hero" have passed into the public domain. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting
Lyrics
- 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.
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