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Bog-Myrtle and Peat
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Title: Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly Of Galloway Gathered From The Years 1889 To 1895
Author: S.R. Crockett
Release Date: October 7, 2004 [EBook #13667]
Language: English
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BOG-MYRTLE AND PEAT
TALES CHIEFLY OF GALLOWAY
GATHERED FROM THE YEARS 1889 TO 1895, BY
S.R. CROCKETT
LONDON
BLISS, SANDS AND FOSTER 15 CRAVEN STREET, STRAND MDCCCXCV
_Inscribed with the Name of George Milner of Manchester, a Man most Generous, Brave, True, to whom, because he freely gave me That of His which I the most desired-- I, having Nothing worthier to give, Give This_.
KENMURE
1715
"The heather's in a blaze, Willie, The White Rose decks the tree, The Fiery-Cross is on the braes, And the King is on the sea.
"Remember great Montrose, Willie, Remember fair Dundee, And strike one stroke at the foreign foes Of the King that's on the sea.
"There's Gordons in the North, Willie, Are rising frank and free, Shall a Kenmure Gordon not go forth For the King that's on the sea?
"A trusty sword to draw, Willie, A comely weird to dree, For the royal Rose that's like the snaw, And the King that's on the sea!"
He cast ae look upon