Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline Oliphant the Younger: Edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers ... With a Portrait and Other Illustrations |
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BANNOCKS O' BARLEY MEAL.
Wha, for auld Geordie, at Egypt and Maida,
Scotland's proud banner sae fearless display'd a'?
Broke the Invincible ranks blade to blade a'?
Wha but the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley?
Bannocks o' bear meal,
And bannocks o' barley;
Here's to the Hielandman's
Bannocks o' barley!
Scotland's proud banner sae fearless display'd a'?
Broke the Invincible ranks blade to blade a'?
Wha but the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley?
Bannocks o' bear meal,
And bannocks o' barley;
Here's to the Hielandman's
Bannocks o' barley!
Wha, on the Waterloo heights, wauken'd early?
Wha, when the bullets rain'd on them right sairly,
Charged back the faemen, an' stood their grund fairly?
Wha but the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley?
Bannocks o' bear meal, &c.
Wha, when the bullets rain'd on them right sairly,
Charged back the faemen, an' stood their grund fairly?
Wha but the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley?
Bannocks o' bear meal, &c.
Wha, when the coward loons first gan to swither,
Poured like the bleeze o' their ain mountain heather?
Wha from the eagle's wing plucked its last feather?
Wha but the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley?
Bannocks o' bear meal,
And bannocks o' barley;
Here's to the Hielandman's
Bannocks o' barley
Poured like the bleeze o' their ain mountain heather?
Wha from the eagle's wing plucked its last feather?
Wha but the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley?
Bannocks o' bear meal,
And bannocks o' barley;
Here's to the Hielandman's
Bannocks o' barley
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