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1. As I cam` in by Auchindoon,
just a wee bit frae the toon,
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to the Hielands I was boun`
tae view the Haughs o` Cromdale.
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I
met a man in tartan trews, and speird
at him what was the news,
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quo he, “The Hielan` army
rues, ~ ~ that ever we cam` tae Cromdale.
2. We were in bed, Sir, every man, when the
English host upon us cam` ,
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a bloddy battle then began upon the Haughs o` Cromdale.
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The English horse they were so rude, they bathed
their hoofs in Hielan` blood,
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but our brave
clans they boldly stood = upon the Haughs o` Cromdale.
3.
But, alas, we could no longer stay, for o`er the
hills we cam` away,
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and sore we did lament
the day that ever we cam` tae Cromdale“.
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Thus the great Montrose did say, “Can you
direct the nearest way?
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For I will over the hills this day ~ ~ and view the Haughs o` Cromdale“.
4.
“Alas, My Lord, you`re not so strong, you scarcely
have two thousand men,
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there`s
twenty thousand on the plain, stand rank and file on Cromdale“.
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Thus the great Montrose did say, “John Hielandman, show me the way,
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for I will over
the hills this day ~ ~ and view the Haughs o` Cromdale“.
5.
They were at dinner, every man, when great Montrose upon them cam`,
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a second battle then
began, upon the Haughs o` Cromdale.
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The Grant, Mackenzie and Mackay, soon as
Montrose did espy,
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oh, then they
fought most valiantly ~ ~ upon the Haughs o` Cromdale.
6.
The Macdonalds they returned agan,
the Camerons did their standards join,
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Macintosh played the bloody game upon the Haughs
o` Cromdale.
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The Gordons
boldly did advance, the Frasers fought with sword and lance,
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the Grahams made
the heads to dance ~ ~
upon the Haughs o`
Cromdale.
7.
The loyal Stewarts with Montrose so boldly set upon their foes,
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and brought them down with Hieland blows upon the Haughs o` Cromdale.
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Of twenty thousand Cromwell`s
men five hundred fled to Aberdeen,
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the rest o` them
lie on the plain ~ ~ ~ upon
the Haughs = 0` Cromdale.
(orig. = capo 4th) (The Corries)