As I come in by Auchindoun
Just a wee bit frae the toun
Tae the Heilands I was bound
To view the Haughs of Cromdale
I met a man in tartan trews
Spiered at him what was the news
Quo' he, "The Heiland army rues
That e'er we come to Cromdale"
"We were in bed, sir, every man
When the English host upon us come
A bloody battle then began
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale
"The English horse they were so rude
They bathed their hoofs in Heiland blood
But our brave clans, they boldly stood
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale"
"But, alas! We could no longer stay
And o'er the hills we come away
Sair we did lament the day
That e'er we come to Cromdale"
Thus the great Montrose did say
"Heiland man show me the way
I will over the hills this day
To view the Haughs of Cromdale"
They were at dinner, every man
When the great Montrose upon them come
A second battle then began
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale
The Grant, Mackenzie and M'Ky
As Montrose they did espy
Then they fought most valiantly
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale
The MacDonalds they returned again
The Camerons did their standards join
MacIntosh played a bloody game
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale
The Gordons boldly did advance,
The Frasers fought with sword and lance
The Grahams they made the heids to dance
Upon the Haughs of Cromdale
And the loyal Stewarts, wi' Montrose
So boldly set upon their foes
Laid them low wi' Heiland blows
Laid them low on Cromdale
Of twenty-thousand Cromwell's men
A thousand fled tae Aberdeen
The rest of them lie on the plain
There on the Haughs of Cromdale
Of twenty-thousand Cromwell's men
A thousand fled tae Aberdeen
The rest of them lie on the plain
There on the Haughs of Cromdale