Tranent Muir

The chevalier being void o' fear did march up Birsle Brae man

And through Tranent e'er he did stent as fast as he could gae man

While General Cope did taunt and mock wie many a loud hurrah man

But e'er next morn proclaimed the cock we heard another craw man

The brave Lochiel as I heard tell led Cameron on in cloods man

The morning fair and clear the air they loosed wie devilish thuds man

Doon guns they threw and swords they drew and soon did chase them aff man

On Seaton's craft they burst their chafts and gart them run like daft man

The bluff dragoons swore blood and oons they'd mak' the rebels run man

And yet they flee when them they see and winnae fire a gun man

They turned their backs the fit tae crack such terror siezed them a' man

Some wet their cheeks some fyled their breeks and some for fear did fa' man

Smith made sic' haste sae spurred his beast 'twas little there he saw man

Tae Berwick rade and safely said the Scots were rebels a' man

O'er Soutra Hill ere he stood still afore he tasted meat man

Lang may he brag o' his swift nag that bore him aff sae fleet man

But Gardner brave did still behave like to a hero bright man

His courage true, like him were few, that still despised flight man

Ah for king and laws and country's cause in honours bed did fa' man

His life but not his courage fled while he had breath tae draw man

At yon thorn tree that you may see beneath the meadow mill man

There's many slain lie on the plain the clans pursuing still man

Sic' unco whacks and deadly hacks I never saw the likes man

Lost hands and heids cost them their deeds that fell near Preston Dyke man