New Collected Rhymes by Andrew Lang
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For my love's heart brake in twa, when she kenned the Cause's fa',
And she sleeps where there's never nane shall waken, Where the glen lies a' in wrack, wi' the houses toom and black, And her father's ha's forsaken. While there's heather on the hill shall my vengeance ne'er be still, While a bush hides the glint o' a gun, lad; Wi' the men o' Sergeant Mor shall I work to pay the score, Till I wither on the wuddy in the sun, lad! So ye'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the laigh road, An' I'll be in Scotland before ye: But me and my true love will never meet again, By the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond. KENMURE--1715 "The heather's in a blaze, Willie, The White Rose decks the tree, The Fiery Cross is on the braes, And the King is on the sea! "Remember great Montrose, Willie, Remember fair Dundee, And strike one stroke at the foreign foes |
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