Unknown - Haughs Of Cromdale lyrics

Haughs of Cromdale

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As I came in by Auchendoon

Just a wee bit frae the toon

Tae the Hielands I was boon'

Tae view the haughs of Cromdale

I met a man in tartan trews

Speired at him what was the news

Quo' he the Hielan

d army rues

That e'er we cam' tae Cromdale

We were in bed sir, every man

When the English host upon us cam

Bloody battle then began

Upon the haughs of Cromdale

The English horse, they were sae rude

Bathed their hooves in Hieland blood

But

our brave clans they boldly stood

Upon the haughs of Cromdale

But alas we could no longer stay

And o'er the hills we cam away

Sair we did lament the day

That e'er we cam' tae Cromdale

Then up the great Montrose did say

John, hieland man show

me the way

I will o'er the hills this day

And view the haughs of Cromdale

They were at dinner every man

When the great Montrose upon them cam

A second battle then began

Upon the haughs of Cromdale

The Grant, Mackenzie and Mackay

As Montro

se they did espy

Twas then they fought most valiantly

Upon the haughs of Cromdale

The Macdonalds they returned again

The Camerons did their standards join

Mackintosh played a bloody game

Upon the haughs of Cromdale

The Gordons boldly did adv

ance

The Frasers fought wi' sword and lance

The Grahams they made the heids tae dance

Upon the haughs of Cromdale

Then the loyal Stewarts wi' Montrose

So boldly set upon their foes

Laid them low wi' hieland blows

Laid them low on Cromdale

Of twenty thousand Cromwell's men

A thousand fled tae Aberdeen

The rest o' them lie on the plain

There on the haughs of Cromdale

[ This is an unskilled attempt at propaganda, but a good song nevertheless. The

linking of the great Marquis of Montrose to a change in fortunes is nothing less

than miraculous - he had been dead for years. There was no second battle. ]