T H E C O V E N A N T E R
in use in the 1st and 2nd Battalions. These
airs are played after the Orderly Bugler has
sounded off, except in the case of the 1st
Battalion Officers’ Mess Call, when the
Orderly Piper plays first.
1st Battalion
Reveille - Johnnie Cope
Breakfast - Brose and Butter
Dinner - Brose and Butter
Tea - Brose and Butter
Officer’s Mess - First Call - The Drunken
Piper
Officer’s Mess - Second Call -The MacDonald’s
March to War.
Last Post - The Highland Soldier
Lights Out - Alone I Weary
Guard Mounting - Pibroach o’ Donald Dhu
Half-hour Dress - The Earl of Mansfield
Quarter Dress - The Muckin’ O’ Geordie’s
Byre
is finished and before the Battalion March
Advance - Kenmair’s On an’ Awa’.
Past is commenced.
Retreat - On the Banks of Allan Water
(b) PIPE AIRS.
Note - In the 2nd Battalion the Bugle Band
2nd Battalion
always sounds the Battalion Call before
Reveille - Johnnie Cope
the Battalion March Past is played. The
Breakfast - Bundle & go. Brose and Butter
Battalion Call is preceded and followed by
Dinner - Bundle & go. Brose and Butter
two three-pace rolls on the drums.
Tea - Nil
843 Should the Pipe Band not be available
Officer’s Mess - First Call - Not Played
and a March Past be required, the Military
Officer’s Mess - Second Call -Not Played
Band of the 1st Battalion plays “Within a
except on Band nights, when all Pipers
Mile of Edinboro’ Toun.”
parade and play “Highland Laddie.”
Under similar circumstances the Military
Last Post - Lochaber No More
Band of the 2nd Battalion plays “The
Lights Out - (a) Sleep, Darling
Gathering of the Grahams.’
Guard Mounting - The Gathering of the
844 (a) The 1st Battalion Military Band
Grahams.
always finishes a programme of music by
Half-hour Dress - Not Played
playing the “Cameronian Rant,” followed
Quarter Dress - Not Played
by the National Anthem.
Advance - The Gathering of the Grahams
(The music of the “Cameronian Rant” is
Retreat - No particular Air
given in Sir Herbert Maxwell’s “Lowland
(a) This is also known as “Soldier lie down
Scottish Regiments.”Its origin is unknown,
on your wee pickle straw.”
but it is believed to date from about 1700
(b) The Airs are selected by the Pipe
-1720.)
President.
(b) The 2nd Battalion Military Band always
852 The Regimental Depot uses the Airs of
finishes a programme of music by playing
the Home Battalion, the 5th/8th and 7th
the following in the order given below:-
Battalions those of the 1st Battalion, and
“The Garb of Old Gaul.”
the 6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion those of the
The Battalion March Past (“The Gathering
2nd Battalion.
of the Grahams”).
853 to 855 Spare
The National Anthem.
(c) BUGLE CALLS
845 The 5th/8th, 6th (Lanarkshire), and 7th
856 The various Bugle Calls in use are given
Battalions follow the customs observed in
hereafter. Remaining calls are laid down for
the 1st Battalion, except that their Bands
the Army. The Regimental Depot uses the
play on Church Parade.
calls of the Home Battalion.
846 to 850 Spare
857 In the 2nd Battalion the Officers’ Mess
(b) PIPE AIRS.
first and second calls are sounded on the
851 The following table gives the pipe airs
bugle only, except on band nights, when all
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