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A bare three months after the murder of her second husband, Lord Darnley, Mary married the Earl of Bothwell, who was almost certainly one of the people responsible for the killing. The infatuated queen made him a duke.
A rising of prominent Scottish nobles led to her being confined in Loch (Scottish for lake) Leven Castle where she was made to abdicate, in favour of her son the infant James VI.
It was on June 16, 1567 she was imprisoned in the Castle. The Castle is still there today and you can take a boat to visit it.
This track is about Mary Queen of Scots life as a prisoner and attempted escape.
The people who are telling the story are Tom Weir and his friend Willy Thompson.
It was recorded from an old TV show called 'Weirs Way', where the legend that is Tom Weir would walk all around Scotland in his wooly hat making programs about the history, culture and people of Scotland.
The recording of the vocal track is quite poor and has a lot of hiss. I have added the reduce 's' option but there is still a bit of hiss. This piece is not that complex, there are a couple of generic loops you will prob have heard before, but i have tried to alter them a bit. The story is of greater importance than the music. I have tried to make it quite repetitive and for most of it to melt into the background.
The Painting is of Mary escaping from Loch Leven Castle.
Anyway, I am rambling on again as i usually do in this section........End
A rising of prominent Scottish nobles led to her being confined in Loch (Scottish for lake) Leven Castle where she was made to abdicate, in favour of her son the infant James VI.
It was on June 16, 1567 she was imprisoned in the Castle. The Castle is still there today and you can take a boat to visit it.
This track is about Mary Queen of Scots life as a prisoner and attempted escape.
The people who are telling the story are Tom Weir and his friend Willy Thompson.
It was recorded from an old TV show called 'Weirs Way', where the legend that is Tom Weir would walk all around Scotland in his wooly hat making programs about the history, culture and people of Scotland.
The recording of the vocal track is quite poor and has a lot of hiss. I have added the reduce 's' option but there is still a bit of hiss. This piece is not that complex, there are a couple of generic loops you will prob have heard before, but i have tried to alter them a bit. The story is of greater importance than the music. I have tried to make it quite repetitive and for most of it to melt into the background.
The Painting is of Mary escaping from Loch Leven Castle.
Anyway, I am rambling on again as i usually do in this section........End
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I m goin to take a while to digest this
Poem ...mean while till I find my way
with the accent and words ...I m enjoyin
the back ground music ...you reciting
just fabulous and very theatrical ..