Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
And trumpet Maclean, whose breeks were not clean,
Through misfortune he happen'd to fa', man;
By saving his neck, his trumpet did break, 85
And came off without music at a', man.
_And we ran, &c._
So there such a race was as ne'er in that place was,
And as little chace was at a', man;
From each other they run without touk of drum,
They did not make use of a paw, man. 90
_And we ran, &c._
[Whether we ran, or they ran, or we wan, or they wan,
Or if there was winning at a', man,
There no man can tell, save our brave genarell,[L93]
Who first began running of a', man.
_And we ran, &c._
Wi' the Earl o' Seaforth, and the Cock o' the North;[L95] 95
But Florence ran fastest of a', man,
Save the laird o' Phinaven, who sware to be even
W' any general or peer o' them a', man.]
_And we ran, &c._
6. Florence was the Marquis of Huntly's horse. HOGG.
7-10. Lord Belhaven, the Earl of Leven, and the Earls of
Rothes and Haddington, who all bore arms as volunteers in the royal
army. Major-General Joseph Wightman, who commanded the centre of the
royal army.
11-14. John, fifth Duke of Roxburgh, a loyal volunteer.
Archibald, Duke of Douglas, who commanded a body of his vassals in the
royal army. Hugh Campbell, third Earl of Loudoun, of the royal army.
The Earl of Ilay, brother to the Duke of Argyle. He came up to the
field only a few hours before the battle, and had the misfortune to be
wounded.
15. Sir John Shaw of Greenock, an officer in the troop of
volunteers, noted for his keen Whiggish spirit.
17. Major-General Whitham, who commanded the left wing of
the King's army.
39-42. James, Lord Drummond, eldest son of the Earl of
Perth, was Lieutenant-general of horse under Mar, and behaved with
great gallantry. William Mackenzie, fifth Earl of Seaforth. The
Viscount Kilsyth. The Viscount Strathallan. Lieutenant-general George
Hamilton, commanding under the Earl of Mar.
27-30. James, Earl of Panmure. The Honourable Harry Maule
of Kellie, brother to the foregoing, whom he recaptured after the
engagement.
31-4. The Earls of Marischal and Linlithgow. The Chief of
Glengary. Thomas Drummond of Logie Almond.
35-8. The Earl of Strathmore, killed in the battle. The
Chief of Clanranald. The Earl of Forfar--on the King's side--wounded
in the engagement.
43. James, fifth Earl of Southesk. The Marquis of
Tullibardine, eldest son of the Duke of Athole.
47-50. Lord Rollo. The Earl of Kintore. Lord Pitsligo. Lord
Ogilvie, son of the Earl of Airly. Bruce, Laird of Clackmannan--the
husband, I believe, of the old lady who knighted Robert Burns with the
sword of Bruce, at Clackmannan Tower. Lord Burleigh.
51. Major William Clephane. Alexander Robertson of Struan,
chief of the Robertsons.
55. Alexander, Marquis of Huntly, afterwards Duke of
Gordon. The Master of Sinclair.
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