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40 SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
THE BATTLE OF KILLrECRANKIE.
While Scotland was in the crisis of the Eevolution settlement,
an effort was made in behalf of the expatriated king by the
Viscount Dundee (better known by his patrimonial name of
Claverhouse or Claverse), who had great influence among the
Highland clans, and easily gathered a few thousands of them
together. An encounter took place between him and General
Mackay at Killiecrankie, July 17, 1689, when the brave Dundee
was victorious, but fell by a bullet-shot towards the close of the
action. In the following probably contemporary ballad, the
chief attention is drawn to the mode of fighting, and the
sentiments and expressions of the mountaineer soldiery.
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Clav-erse and his High-land-men Came down up - on the
raw, man ; Who, be - ing stout, gave mo - ny a shout ; The
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lads he - gan to claw, then. Wi' sword and targe in-
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to their hand, Wi' which they were na slaw, man ; Wi'
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mo-ny a fear-fu' heavy sigh, The lads be -gan to claw, then.