The Wee German Lairdie
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the-wee-german-lairdie-174-2902713
title:
The Wee German Lairdie
text:
"The Wee German Lairdie" is a Scottish folk song that is probably about George I of Great Britain. The king, ridiculed in this song, assumed power to the discontent of the Jacobite rebels, who instead recognised James Francis Edward Stuart as king, from the formerly ruling House of Stuart. Though taking place around 1715, the song first appears in writing in 1810, in Robert Cromek and Allan Cunningham's Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song, recalling a song of several versions that was alleged
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encyclopedia
description:
Jacobite song against George I
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wee_German_Lairdie
date created:
2022-10-06T04:21:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T18:28:13Z
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