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B' e mo cheist an t-og suairc'
'Bu bhoidhche gruaidh agus mala ;
Na sul' guirm 'bu ghlan lainnir
Mar dhriuchd air bharribh a bharrich.
'Dh-aindeoin Uilleim 's a shinnsridh
B' ann de dh-onair an righ thu,
Ged chuir na biastan gu dith thu,
'Chuir umad lion nach bu mhath leinn,
Chuir umad lion nach bu mhath leinn,—
'S daor a cheannich thu 'm Prionnsa,
Cha b' i 'n f hoill a bh air t' aire
'N uair a thanic thu Mhuideart ;
Ach seasamh gu fearail,
Mar bu dual dhuit o d' sheanair,
'Choisinn buaidh dha na fearibh
'Tha 'n diugh tana ri 'n cunntas.
'Tha 'n diugh tana ri 'n cunntas. —
Tha do dhuthich 'na fasach ;
'Chuid a dh' f huirich de d' mhuinntir
Tha aig Mungo fo 'raidhe.
Gar am beo mi ach bliadhna,
'S aon achanich 'dh' iarrinn, —
Guidheam sgrios air na biastan,
Is Lochiall 'thigh' nn gu 'aite.
Raidh or raidhe, threat, decision, authority.
Dr. Archibald Cameron was the fourth son of
John Cameron of Lochiel. He was born in 1707.
He took part in the rising of 1745. ^^ escaped
to France with Prince Charles in 1746. He
visited Scotland in 1753. He was taken prisoner
Monday, March 26th, at the house of Stewart of
Glenbuckie, by a party of soldiers from Inver-
snaid. He was executed at Tyburn, near London,
on the 7th of June.