New Collected Rhymes by Andrew Lang
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Of the King that's on the sea.
"There's Gordons in the North, Willie, Are rising frank and free, Shall a Kenmure Gordon not go forth For the King that's on the sea? "A trusty sword to draw, Willie, A comely weird to dree, For the Royal Rose that's like the snaw, And the King that's on the sea!" He cast ae look across his lands, Looked over loch and lea, He took his fortune in his hands, For the King was on the sea. Kenmures have fought in Galloway For Kirk and Presbyt'rie, This Kenmure faced his dying day, For King James across the sea. It little skills what faith men vaunt, If loyal men they be To Christ's ain Kirk and Covenant, Or the King that's o'er the sea. CULLODEN |
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