Ossian Collection > Sean dain, agus orain Ghaidhealach

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Verses faid to have been compofeJ by Sir Henry
Erskine, to the Royal-Highland Regiment, and
to the Tune of their own March, compofed by
Colonel J. Reid.
JJ/'ITH the garb of old Gauly and the jire of old Romey
From the heath-cover' d mountains of Scotia ive come ;
From the mountains zuhere Romans attempted to reign^
But our ancejiors fought, and they fought tiot in vain.
Though no cities nor courts of our habit approve,
'Tiuas prefented by Mars at a fynod of Jove ;
And when Pallas obferv'd, at a ball 'twould looii odd,
Mar's receiv d from his Venus a fmile and a ncd.
No intemperate tables our fuiews unbrace,
Nor French faith nor French fopp'ry our country difgrace.
Still our hoarfe-founding pipes breathe the true martial JlrainSy
And our heart fill the true-Britifh valour retams.
"Tivas ivith grief and ijuith rage that of late nve beheld
Rebel forces rufj down from the hills to the field ;
For our hearts are devoted to George and the lawSj
And we'll fight like true Britons in liberty's caufe.
Ofiill at a difiance from Briton s lovd fhor-e
May our foes in confifio7i our mercies implore ;
May our coafis ne'er ivith foreign invafion be f pre ad ^
Nor rebellion, that fiend, e'er again rear her head.
May the fury of party and fusion long ceafe ;
May our coimcils be wife and our commerce increafe ;
And, in Scotia's cold climate, may all of us find
Ibat our friends luill prove true, ojid our mifireffes hind.
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