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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!