| As I come in by Auchindoun,
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| Just a wee bit frae the toun,
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| To the Hi’lands I was bound
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| To view the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| I met a man in tartan trews,
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| Spiered at him (asked) what was the news,
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| Quo' he, «The Hi’land army rues
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| That e’er we come to Cromdale.
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| «We were in bed, sir, every man,
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| When the English host upon us cam;
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| A bloody battle then began
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| Upon the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| The English horse they were so rude,
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| They bathed their hoofs in Hi’land blood,
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| But our brave clans, they boldly stood
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| Upon the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| «But, alas! |
| We could no longer stay,
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| And o’er the hills we come away,
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| Sore we do lament the day
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| That e"er we come to Cromdale.»
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| Hus the great Montrose did say:
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| Hi’land man show me the way
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| I will over the hills this day,
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| To view the Haughs of Cromdale."
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| They were at their dinner, every man,
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| When great Montrose upon them cam;
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| A second battle then began
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| Upon the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| The Grant, Mackenzie and M’Ky,
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| As Montrose they did espy,
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| Then they fought most valiantly
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| Upon the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| The McDonalds they returned again,
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| The Camerons did our standard join,
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| McIntosh played a bloody game
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| Upon the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| The Gordons boldly did advance,
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| The Frasers fought with sword and lance,
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| The Grahams they made the heads to dance,
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| Upon the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| And the loyal Stewarts, wi' Montrose,
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| So boldly set upon their foes,
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| Laid them low wi' Hi’land blows
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| Laid them low on Cromdale.
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| Of twenty-thousand Cromwell’s men,
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| A thousand fled to Aberdeen,
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| The rest of them lie on the plain,
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| There on the Haughs of Cromdale.
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| Of twenty-thousand Cromwell’s men,
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| A thousand fled to Aberdeen,
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| The rest of them lie on the plain,
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| There on the Haughs of Cromdale. |