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TI1E SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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THE BATTLE OF PKESTON.
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Lang ere the cock proclaimed it day,
The Prince's men stood in array ;
And, though impatient for the fray,
Bent low the knee that morning.
When row-chic roll'd the English drum,
The Highland bagpipe gi'ed a hum,
And told the mountain Clans had come,
Grim death and danger scorning.
Fast, fast, their foot and horsemen flew ;
And caps were mix'd wi' bonnets blue,
And dirks were wet — but no wi' dew,
Upon that dreadfu' morning.
Few stay'd — save ae devoted band —
To bide the blow frae Highland brand,
That swept around — and head and hand
Lopp'd, on that bluidy morning.
Ilk hand was firm, ilk heart was true ;
A shot ! and down their guns they threw ;
Then forth their dread claymores they drew,
Upon that fearfu' morning.
The English raised a loud huzza,
But durstna bide the brunt ava ;
They waver'd — turn'd — syne ran awa',
Like sheep at shepherd's warning.
What sad mishaps that few befell !
When faint had grown the battle's yell,
Still Gardiner fought — and fighting fell,
Upon that awesome morning !
Nae braggart — but a sodger he,
Wha scorn'd wi' coward loons to flee ;
Sae fell aneath the auld thorn tree,
Upon that fatal morning !
" Johnnie Cope." " This old air," says Mr. Stenhouse, " which originally consisted of one strain, was formerly
adapted to some silly verses of a song, entitled ' Fye to the hills in the morning.' The chorus, or burden of the song,
was the first strain repeated an octave higher. An indifferent set of the tune, under the title of ' Johny Cope,' appears
in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. ix." See Museum Illustrations, vol. iii. p. 219. The verses given to
the air in this work were written by the late Captain Charles Gray, R M.