Cam' Ye by Atholl

"Cam' Ye by Atholl" is a Scottish Jacobite folk song.

[1] The song, which celebrates the Jacobite rising of 1745, takes the form of a "gathering song" to recruit Jacobites and makes reference to many of the places and people associated with the rebellion.

[2] Hogg wrote in "Songs, by the Ettrick shepherd" (1831) that he was surprised it had become so popular; he had "dashed down the words at random" after being given the tune by Gow and considered it "one of his worst".

[3] Cam' Ye by Atholl was chosen by Queen Victoria to be performed for her by John Wilson during her visit to Taymouth Castle in 1842.

It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as #7287, including variants titled as "I hae ae bit son".