Haughs O Cromdale Lyrics

As A cam in by Auchendoun A little wee bit frae the toun Whan tae the Hielans A was bound Tae view the haughs o Cromdale A met a man in tartan trews An speired at him whit was the news Quo he, "the Hielan army rues That ere we cam tae Cromdale" "We were in bed sir, every man Whan the English host upon us cam A bluidy battle then began Upon the haughs o Cromdale The English horse, thae were sae rude Thae bathed their hooves in Hielan bluid But our brave clans thae bauldly stood Upon the haughs of Cromdale" "But alas we could nae langer stay Out ower the hills we cam away An sair we did lament the day That ere we cam tae Cromdale" Thus the great Montrose did say "John Hielanman show me the way An A will ower the hills this day Tae view the haughs o Cromdale" Thae were at dinner every man Whan the great Montrose upon thaim cam Anither battle then began Upon the haughs o Cromdale The Grant, Mackenzie an Mackay As sune as great Montrose thae spied It's then thae focht richt manfully Upon the haughs o Cromdale Macdonalds thae returned again The Camerons did thair standard jine Mackintosh played a bluidy game Upon the haughs o Cromdale O fifty thousan Cromwell's men Five hundert fled tae Aberdeen The rest o thaim lie on the plain Upon the haughs o Cromdale