A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
WB Oh' on a ri ! Oh' on a ri! Why should she lose King Shames, mala? Oh' rig in di ! Oh' rig in di She shall break a' her banes then With furichini.s'hj and stay a while. And speak a word or twa, man. She's gi' a straike out o'er the neckj. Before je win aw^ then, O fy for shame, ye're three for ane^ Her nainsell's won the day, man. King Shames' red-coats should be hung up» Because they ran awa th^n Had bent their brows, like Highland trows. And made as lang a stay, man. They'd sav'd their King, that sacred thin^. And Willie'd run awa thgn. ! : :
109 THE CHEVALIER^S MUSTER ROLL, 1715. »^'WV%'VA.V%-».'V».'^ |The Union of Scotland with England, which has been productive of the happiest consequences to both nations, was viewed, at the time of its consummation, as pregnant with ruin to the country. A great proportion of tlie Scotish nobih'ty and gentry were discontented, many from being cut off, by this measure, from a share in the direction of tlie affairs of the state, and some, who had been persecuted for adhering to principles of reh'gion which their fathers had taught them to respect, viewed the expulsion of the Stuart family as a sacrifice at the shrine of their faith, and were ready to risk their lives and fortunes in its restoration. On the accession of George I. in 1714, the dismissal of the Tory Ministry, and the rancour with which its members were prosecuted, greatly increased the number of the disaffected. The Earl of Mar, who had held the post of Secretary of State during that administration, finding himself neglected by the government, threw himself into the arms of the Jacobites, and being a nobleman of talent and ability, soon became the head of that faction. On his arrival at his seat at Kildrummy in Aberdeenshire, in August, 1715, a VOL. I. K
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WB<br />
Oh' on a ri ! Oh' on a ri!<br />
Why should she lose King Shames, mala?<br />
Oh' rig in di ! Oh' rig in di<br />
She shall break a' her banes then<br />
With furichini.s'hj <strong>and</strong> stay a while.<br />
And speak a word or twa, man.<br />
She's gi' a straike out o'er the neckj.<br />
Before je win aw^ then,<br />
O fy for shame, ye're three for ane^<br />
Her nainsell's won the day, man.<br />
King Shames' red-coats should be hung up»<br />
Because they ran awa th^n<br />
Had bent their brows, like Highl<strong>and</strong> trows.<br />
And made as lang a stay, man.<br />
They'd sav'd their King, that sacred thin^.<br />
And Willie'd run awa thgn.<br />
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