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 Chorus. Sing tanteradel, tanteradel,

Unto the Highlands I was bound,

To view the Haughs of Crumdel!

I met a man in tartan trews,

I spear'd at him what was the news?

Says he, The Highland army rues,

That e'er they came to Crumdel.Sing, &c.

Lord Livingston rode from Inverness,

Our Highland Lads for to distress,

And has brought us a' unto disgrace.

Upon the Haughs of Crumdel.Sing, &c.

The English Gen'ral he did say,

We'll give the Highland Lads fair play,

We'll sound our trumpets, and give huzza.

And waken them at Crumdel.Sing, &c.

Says Livingston, I hold it best,

To catch them lurking in their nest,

The Highland Lads we will distress,

And hough them down at Crumdel.Sing, &c.

So they were in bed, Sir, every one.

When the English army on them came,

And a bloody battle soon began,

Upon the Haughs of Crumdel.Sing, &c.

The English horse they were so rude,

They bath'd their hooves in Highland blood.

Our noble clans most firmly stood,

Upon the Haughs of Crumdel.Sing &c.