Keppoch song
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<G A KEPPOCH SONG. canto u>
He therefore makes an army scud
To stop Donald Balloch i' th' bud*.
Stewarts Earls of Mar and Caithness,
As joint gen'rals for his highness ;
With eagerness they inarch full speed,
As if impell'd by hate and greed:
At Ennerlochyf Donald met,
The hosts in battle array are set;
And now begins the bloody fray,
Brave Donald Balloch gains the day.
Stewart, earl of Caithness, is kill'd,
likewise much gallant blood is spill'd.
The fugitives do in their course
Meet the king coming with fresh force.
This news, when told to Balloch's men,
Makes many seek their homes again.
The cats$ turn tail and run away,
Afraid to bide another day.
Donald is forc'd to disband th' rest,
And fly to Ireland as a guest.
The king still thirsts to quench his ire,
His execution does desire.
* Holinshed. — Buchanan of Auchmar's Inquiry,
t Near Fort William.
% The Clan Catti, or Macintoshes and Macphersons.
He therefore makes an army scud
To stop Donald Balloch i' th' bud*.
Stewarts Earls of Mar and Caithness,
As joint gen'rals for his highness ;
With eagerness they inarch full speed,
As if impell'd by hate and greed:
At Ennerlochyf Donald met,
The hosts in battle array are set;
And now begins the bloody fray,
Brave Donald Balloch gains the day.
Stewart, earl of Caithness, is kill'd,
likewise much gallant blood is spill'd.
The fugitives do in their course
Meet the king coming with fresh force.
This news, when told to Balloch's men,
Makes many seek their homes again.
The cats$ turn tail and run away,
Afraid to bide another day.
Donald is forc'd to disband th' rest,
And fly to Ireland as a guest.
The king still thirsts to quench his ire,
His execution does desire.
* Holinshed. — Buchanan of Auchmar's Inquiry,
t Near Fort William.
% The Clan Catti, or Macintoshes and Macphersons.
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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