{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/wikisource_Battle_of_Philiphaugh_The_Battle_of_Philiphaugh/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/wikisource_Battle_of_Philiphaugh_The_Battle_of_Philiphaugh","id":"wikisource_Battle_of_Philiphaugh_The_Battle_of_Philiphaugh","license":"Public Domain / CC-BY-SA (see source)","rights_basis":"wikisource_site_inclusion_policy","source":"wikisource","source_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philiphaugh/The_Battle_of_Philiphaugh","summary":null,"tags":["Church_of_Scotland","Headers_applying_DefaultSort_key","Main_pages_with_authority_control_data","PD-old","Pamphlets","Presbyterianism","Religion","Scotland","Scottish_poetry","Subpages","Works_using_categories_parameter"],"text":"THE BATTLE OF PHILIPHAUGH.\n\nON Philiphaugh a fray began,\n\nAt Hairhead wood it ended\n\nThe Scots out o\u2019er the Graemes they ran,\n\nSae merrily they bended.\n\nSir David frae the border came,\n\nWi\u2019 heart an\u2019 hand came he;\n\nWi\u2019 him three thousand bonnie Scots,\n\nTo bear him company.\n\nWi\u2019 him three thousand valiant men,\n\nA noble sight to see!\n\nA cloud o\u2019 mist them weel concealed,\n\nAs close as e\u2019er might be.\n\nWhen they came to the Shaw burn,\n\nSaid he, \u201cSae weel we frame,\n\nI think it is convenient,\n\nThat we should sing a psalm.\u201d\n\nWhen they came to the Lingly burn.\n\nAs day-light did appear.\n\nThey spy\u2019d an aged father,\n\nAnd he did draw them near.\n\n\u201cCome hither, aged father!\u201d\n\nSir David he did cry,\n\n\u201cAnd tell me where Montrose lies,\n\nWith all his great army.\n\n\u201cBut, first, you must come tell to me,\n\nIf friends or foes you be;\n\nI fear you are Montrose\u2019s men,\n\nCome frae the north country.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo, we are nane o\u2019 Montrose\u2019s men,\n\nNor e\u2019er intend to be;\n\nI am Sir David Lesly,\n\nThat\u2019s speaking unto thee.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf you\u2019re Sir David Lesly,\n\nAs I think weel ye be,\n\nI\u2019m sorry ye ha\u2019e brought so few\n\nInto your company.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s fifteen thousand armed men,\n\nEncamped on yon lee;\n\nYe\u2019ll never be a bite to them,\n\nFor aught that I can see.\n\n\u201cBut, halve your men in equal parts,\n\nYour purpose to fulfil;\n\nLet ae half keep the water side,\n\nThe rest gae round the hill.\n\n\u201cYour nether party fire must,\n\nThen beat a flying drum;\n\nAnd then they\u2019ll think the day\u2019s their ain,\n\nAnd frae the trench they\u2019ll come.\n\n\u201cThen, those that are behind them maun\n\nGi\u2019e shot, baith grit and sma\u2019;\n\nAnd so, between your armies twa,\n\nYe may make them to fa\u2019.\u201d\n\n\u201cO were ye ever a soldier?\u201d\n\nSir David Lesly said;\n\n\u201cO yes; I was at Solway flow,\n\nWhere we were all betray\u2019d.\n\n\u201cAgain I was curst at Dunbar,\n\nAnd was a pris\u2019ner ta\u2019en:\n\nAnd many a weary night and day,\n\nIn prison I ha\u2019e lien.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf ye will lead these men aright,\n\nRewarded shall ye be;\n\nBut, if that ye a traitor prove,\n\nI\u2019ll hang thee on a tree.\u201d\n\n\u201cSir, I will not a traitor prove;\n\nMontrose has plundered me;\n\nI\u2019ll do my best to banish him\n\nAway frae this country.\u201d\n\nHe halv\u2019d his men in equal parts,\n\nHis purpose to fulfil;\n\nThe one part kept the water side,\n\nThe other gaed round the hill.\n\nThe nether party fired brisk,\n\nThen turn\u2019d and seem\u2019d to rin;\n\nAnd then they a\u2019 came frae the trench,\n\nAnd cry\u2019d, \u201cThe day\u2019s our ain!\u201d\n\nThe rest then ran into the trench,\n\nAnd loos\u2019d their cannons a\u2019;\n\nAnd thus, betweeen his armies twa,\n\nHe made them fast to fa\u2019.\n\nNow, let us a* for Lesly pray,\n\nAnd his brave company!\n\nFor they ha\u2019e vanquish\u2019d great Montrose,\n\nOur cruel enemy.\n\nThis work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.\n\nPublic domainPublic domainfalsefalse","title":"Battle of Philiphaugh/The Battle of Philiphaugh","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":511}