Dick Gaughan - Jamie Foyers

Dick Gaughan singing Jamie Foyers. Traditional tune with words rewritten by Ewan MacColl as a memorial to those who joined the International Brigade to assist the Spanish Republic and fight Fascism during the Spanish Civil War. This song is based on an old traditional Perthshire bothy song, which was especially popular amongst travellers about the storming of Fort St Michael at Burgos, during the Peninsular War of 1811. At this time, Britain was fighting the French for control over various parts of Spain. Ironically, taking the King's shilling or joining up was an attractive offer at this time, as many of the Highland tenants were being cleared from their land to make way for sheep farming. Jamie Foyers is thought to have been a generic Perthshire term for a soldier.

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