Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Haughs o' Cromdale, artist - The Corries. Album song Lads Among the Heather, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 31.12.2003
Record label: GB
Song language: English
The Haughs o' Cromdale |
As I come in by Auchindoun, |
Just a wee bit frae the toun, |
To the Hi’lands I was bound |
To view the Haughs of Cromdale. |
I met a man in tartan trews, |
Spiered at him (asked) what was the news, |
Quo' he, «The Hi’land army rues |
That e’er we come to Cromdale. |
«We were in bed, sir, every man, |
When the English host upon us cam; |
A bloody battle then began |
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale. |
The English horse they were so rude, |
They bathed their hoofs in Hi’land 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 come away, |
Sore we do lament the day |
That e"er we come to Cromdale.» |
Hus the great Montrose did say: |
Hi’land man show me the way |
I will over the hills this day, |
To view the Haughs of Cromdale." |
They were at their dinner, every man, |
When great Montrose upon them cam; |
A second battle then began |
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale. |
The Grant, Mackenzie and M’Ky, |
As Montrose they did espy, |
Then they fought most valiantly |
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale. |
The McDonalds they returned again, |
The Camerons did our standard join, |
McIntosh played a bloody game |
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale. |
The Gordons boldly did advance, |
The Frasers fought with sword and lance, |
The Grahams they made the heads to dance, |
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale. |
And the loyal Stewarts, wi' Montrose, |
So boldly set upon their foes, |
Laid them low wi' Hi’land blows |
Laid them low on Cromdale. |
Of twenty-thousand Cromwell’s men, |
A thousand fled to Aberdeen, |
The rest of them lie on the plain, |
There on the Haughs of Cromdale. |
Of twenty-thousand Cromwell’s men, |
A thousand fled to Aberdeen, |
The rest of them lie on the plain, |
There on the Haughs of Cromdale. |