Bannockburn - Cnoc An Tursa

Unflincing foot 'gainst foot was set

Unceasing blow by blow was met

The groans of those who fell

Were drown’d amid the shriller clang

That from the blades and harness rang

And in the battle-yell

Yet fast they fell, unheard, forgot

Both Southern fierce and hardy Scot

And O!

amid that waste of life

What various motives fired the strife!

The aspiring noble bled for fame

The patriot for his country’s claim

This knight his youthful strength to prove

And that to win his lady’s love

Some fought from ruffian thirst of blood

From habit some, or hardihood

But ruffian stern, and soldier good

The nobl and the slave

From various cause th same wild road

On the same bloody morning, trode

To that dark inn, the grave!