51ST FAREWELL TO SICILY
Created on 16/09/2017Latest update on 13/12/2023
Artist: Hamish Henderson
Author: James Robertson/Hamish Henderson
Year: 1943
Written while serving in the 51st Highland Division in Sicily in 1943. Made use of pipe tune melody Farewell To The Creeks, written during WW I by Pipe Major James Robertson from Banff.
Covers:
- 1958:
Ewan MacColl [as Farewell To Sicily]
- 1964:
Bob Dylan [influenced The Times They Are A-Changin', as always very well disguised]
- 1976:
Dick Gaughan [as The 51st Division's Farewell To Sicily]
