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Thread #44447   Message #2066424
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Jun-07 - 07:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Highland Crofter (from Dougie Maclean)
Subject: Lyr Add: 'Frae Kenmore to Ben Mhor the land is...'
Google Book Search found this in "A History of Clan Campbell, Volume 3: From the Restoration to the Present Day," by Alastair Campbell of Airds, Edinburgh University Press, 2004, page 179:

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Frae Kenmore
To Ben Mhor,
The land is a' the Markiss's;
The mossy howes,
The heathery knowes,
An' ilka' bonnie park is his.

The bearded goats,
The toozie stots,
An' a' the braxy carcasses;
Ilk crofter's rent,
Ilk tinker's tent,
An' ilka collie's bark is his.

The muircock's craw,
The piper's blaw,
The gillie's hard day's work is his;
From Kenmore,
To Ben Mhor
The Warld is a' the Markiss's!