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As I came in by Achendown.

A little wee bit frae the town,

When to the highlande I was boun',

Upon the haws of Cromdale.

I met a man in tartan trews,

I spier'd at him what was the news;

Quoth he, The highland army rues

That e'er we came to Cromdale.

We were in bed sir, every man,

When the English army on us came,

A blood battle then began,

Upon the haws of Cromdale.

The English horse thay were so rude,

They bath'd their hoofs n highland blood,

But our brave clans they boldly stood,

Upon the haws of Cromdale.

But alas we could no longer stay,

For o'er the hills we came away,