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THE SCOTTISH BOKDEK. 33
GALLANT GRAHAMS.
The preceding ballad was a song of triumph over the
defeat of Montrose at Philiphaugh ; the verses, which
follow, are a lamentation for his final discomfiture and
cruel death. The present edition of " The Gallant
Grahams" is given from tradition, enlarged and correct-
ed by an ancient printed edition, entitled, " The Gal-
lant Grahams of Scotland," to the tune of " I will away,
and I will nat tarry," of which Mr Ritson favoured the
editor with an accurate copy.
The conclusion of Montrose's melancholy history is
too well known. The Scottish army, which sold King
Charles I. to his parliament, had, we may charitably
hope, no idea that they were bartering his blood ; al-
though they must have been aware, that they were
VOL. II. c

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Volume 2
DescriptionVol. II .
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
DescriptionConsisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
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