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The trumpeing and the taburninge,
Dede togider the kniztes flinge.
The kniztes broken her speren,
On thre thai smiten, and to teren;
Kniztes and stedes ther laien about,
The heuedes of smitten, the guttes out;
Heueden, fet, and armes ther,
Lay strewed everi wher,
Under stede set so thicke,
In crowes nest so dothe the sticke;
Sum storuen and sum gras quowe,
The gode steden her guttes drowe,
With blodi sadels in that pres;—
Of swiche bataile nas no fes[1].
Dede togider the kniztes flinge.
The kniztes broken her speren,
On thre thai smiten, and to teren;
Kniztes and stedes ther laien about,
The heuedes of smitten, the guttes out;
Heueden, fet, and armes ther,
Lay strewed everi wher,
Under stede set so thicke,
In crowes nest so dothe the sticke;
Sum storuen and sum gras quowe,
The gode steden her guttes drowe,
With blodi sadels in that pres;—
Of swiche bataile nas no fes[1].
P. 95. v. 330. The Clan-Graham is equally celebrated in the traditions and songs of the Border and the East coast of Scotland. The achievements of Montrose seem to have been the subject of the popular song of "The Gallant Grahams." Of this song it seems now to be impossible to procure a correct copy; but the following verses are selected from the least corrupted set that I have been able to procure:
THE GALLANT GRAHAMS.
To wear the blue I think it best,
Of a' the colours that I see;
And I'll wear it for the gallant Grahams
That are banished frae their ain countrie.
Of a' the colours that I see;
And I'll wear it for the gallant Grahams
That are banished frae their ain countrie.
I'll crown them east, I'll crown them west,
The bravest lads that e'er I saw;
The bravest lads that e'er I saw;
- ↑ Romance of Arthur and Merlin, MS.
