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SONG XI.
GILLICRANKIE*.
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Cla-vers, and his high-land -men, came
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down up - o' the raw, man, Who, be-
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ing ftout, gave mo - ny a clout, The lads
be-gan to claw then. With fvvord and terge
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in - to their hand, Wi' which they were
* The battle of Killikrankie was fought, at the pafs fo
called, on the 27th of July 16S9, between the highland
clans, under the ccmmand of James (Gnham of Clavcrhoufe)
vifcount Dundee, and a Dutch-Englifli arry commanded by
general Mackay. The la'ter were almoft inftantaneously de-
feated, with a very inconfiderable lofs on the other fide, if we
except that of their gallant leader, who received a mortal
wound under his arm, elevated in the ad of encouraging his
men to the puri'uic. King James felt his lofs irretrievable.

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