with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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Down guns they threw, and swords they drewj
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And soon did chace them afF, man ;
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On Seaton-Crafts they buft their chafts, \
And gart them rin Uke daft, man. ]
The bluff dragoons swore blood and 'oons,
They'd make the rebels run, man ; j
And yet they flee when them they see, \
And winna fire a gun, man :
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They turn'd their back, the foot they brake, \
Such terror seiz'd them a', man |
Some wet their cheeks, some fyl'd their breeks.
And some for fear did fa', man. ]
The volunteers prick'd up their ears, \
And vow gin they were crouse, man ; J
But when the bairns saw't turn to earn'st,
They were not worth a louse, man
Maist feck gade hame ;
O fy for shame !
They'd better stay'd awa', man, •
Than wi^ cockade to make parade, .\
And do nae good at a', man.
tion. He was wounded at the battle of Culloden, and died in
France colonel of a regiment, which his grateful master had
procured him, as a small reward and compensation for his great
services and misfortunes, 1748.
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