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tar- tan duds, Wha glaum'd at king-doms three,, man,
la la la la la la la la., la la la la la la la da
The red -coat lads wi' black cockauds
To meet them were na flaw, man,
They rufh'd, and pufh'd & blude outgufli'd
"* And roony a bouk did fa' man:
The great Argyle led on his files,
I wat they glanc'd for twenty miles,
They hough^ the Clans like nine-pin kyles
They hackcl & hafh'd while braid fwordscla
And thro' they daflicl,fchewy &fmafh'd,£fh'd
Till fey men di'd awa, man.
Cho? la la la, &c.
But had ye feen the philibegs -
And fkyrin tartan trews, man,
When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs,
And covenantTrueblues, man;
• In lines extended lang and large,
When baiginets o'er power'd the charge.
And thousands haften'd to the charge;
Wi' Highland wrath they frae the fheath
Drew blades o' death, till out o' breath
They fled like frighted dows,man'.'
m Cho? la la la, &c.
O how deil Tarn can that betrue,
The chace gaed frae the north, man;
I faw myfel, .they did purfue
The horfe-men bach to Forth, man
And at Dunblane in my ain fight
They took the brig wi'a their might,
And ftraughtto Stirling wing'd their -fli-
,But,curfed lot! the gates were fhut^ght,
And mony a huntit, poor Red-cost
For fear amaift did fwarf, man.
Cho? la la la, &c.
My fifter. Kate cam up the gate
- Wi'crowdie unto me, man; --
She fwoor fhe faw fome rebels run
To Perth and to Dundee, man:
Their left-hand General had nae fkill;
The Angus lads had nae glide "will.
That day their neebour's blude to ipill;
For fear by foes that they fhould lofe
Their cogs o' brofe,they fcar'd at blows
And hameward feft did flee, man.
Chof lala la, &c.
They've loft fome gallant gentlemen
Amang the Highland clans, -man;
f fear my Lord Panmuir is flam,
Or in his en'mies hands, man :
Now wad ye fing this double flight,
Some fell for wrang & fome for right,
And mony bade the world gudenight;
Say pell and melljwi'mufkets knell
How Tories fell and Whigs to h_ll
Flew off in frighted bands, man.
Cho? la la* la. Sic.