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That female hands could ne'er gain lands,
'Tis Highland brands that countermands
Argathlean bands
Frae Forth, man.
W. The Camefons fcow'r'd as they were mad,
Lifting their neighbours cows, man.
M*kenzie and the Stewart fled,
Without phil'beg or trews, man :
Had they behav'd like Donalds core,
And kill'd all thofe came them before,
Their king had gone to France no more :
Then each whig faint wad foon repent,
And ftrait recant his covenant,
And rent
It at the news, man.
T. M'Gregors they far off did Hand,
Badenach and Athol too, man ;
I hear they wanted the command,
For I believe them true, man.
Perth, Fife, and Angus, wi' their horfe,
Stood motionlefs, and fome did worfe,
For, tho' the red- coats went them crofs,
They did confpire for to admire
Clans run and fire, left wings retire,
While rights intire
Purfue, man.
W. But Scotland has not much to fay,
For fuch a fight as this is,