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Thread #49593   Message #750016
Posted By: greg stephens
17-Jul-02 - 08:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Predecessor song to 'Hogeye Man'
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Predecessor song to 'Hogeye Man'
It last happened in Britain at Killiecrankie in 1689( a fortnight after the Battle of the Boyne,and part of the same conflict). Bonnie Dundee's troops(some of them anyway) charged naked against General McKay's army. Possibly chanting their traditional war song "Och Aye Man"??