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MINSTRELSY. 229
1 These worthies all, great sir, expect
Right soon to see you there,
Together with your Cumbrian duke *
And Shelly-coat,f your heir.
Thus my commission I've obey'd,
And e'er I downward bend,
Shall wait with pleasure infinite
What answer you will send."
Pray make my humble compliments
To all our friends below ;
And for these welcome news you brought
Most grateful thanks I owe.
We still your principles pursue,
And shall subservient be,
Till we and all our progeny
Our destined quarters see."|
THE HEATH COCK.
The heath-cock craw'd o'er muir an' dale ;
Red raise the sun o'er distant vale,
Our Northern clans, wi' dinsome yell,
Around their chiefs were gath'ring.
" O, Duncan, are ye ready yet ?
M'Donald, are ye ready yet ?
O, Fraser, are ye ready yet?
To join the clans in the morning."
* William, Duke of Cumberland.
t Frederic, Prince of Wales, father to George III.
$ Though this song be modern, and from the pen of that redoubt,
able genius, Willison Glass, it is not devoid of the spirit which might
be supposed to characterise a bard of 1745, in commemorating the fe-
tal morning of Culloden field. After the Prince and his army retreated
to Inverness, the events of the campaign were a series of mishaps till
the final catastrophe in that battle. About the middle of April it
was ascertained that the Duke of Cumberland and the English army