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8 bu cliulaidh-uanihais 'nuair bhuail e
'gliraisg.
Mur b'e a iuaithead 's a rinn iad olc,
'8 gun d' rinn an luaidhe gu cruaidh do
lot,
Hhiodh claignean ciurrt' aig luchd bhriog-
san duinte,
Le lannibh du-ghonn 'bu nihath 'san trod,
Nach b'e am fudar an liugair seolt',
'Nuair thug e 'n crun dheth an tubh bu
choir,
Le 'dhreachdan diomhair a tigh'nn os
n-iosal
"S e rinn an diobhail a thanic oirnn.
Nam biodh Clann-Domhnill air tigh'nn
'nar pairt,
Na fir mhora bu mhath 'san spairn,
Bu reiteach Rosich is Rothich comhla,
A tigh'nn 'nar comhail a dh'iarridh baigh.
The four Johns were John Macrae,
tacksman of Conchra; John Murchison,
tacksman of Auchtertyre; John Macken-
zie, son of the laird of Applecross, and John
Mackenzie, of Hilton. They were officers
under the Earl of Seaforth at Sheriffmuir,
and were killed in that battle. The Uill-
eam cliuiteach referred to is the Earl of
Seaforth, Uilleam Dubh.