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Thread #23804   Message #2864004
Posted By: Jim Dixon
14-Mar-10 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Battle of Prestonpans (Roy Williamson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Battle of Prestonpans (Roy Williamson)
There are 2 versions of the song that begins "The Chevalier being void o' fear" already in the DT: THE BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS (15 verses) and TRANENT MUIR (6 verses).

The one called THE BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS matches pretty closely (except for the title and spelling) the oldest version I can find with Google Books: One called TRANENT MUIR in Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc. [by David Herd] (Edinburgh: James Dickson and Charles Elliot, 1776), Vol. 1, page 109.