Chords for Haughs o' Cromdale (Audio)

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As I come in by afternoon, just a wee bit fray the toon, fray the heelings, I was bound
to view the hawks a-crumb day.
I met a man in tartan trues and speared at him what was
the news, says he the heeling army roos that I have [G] come [C] to Crumdale.
[G] We were in bed, sir,
every one, when [Dm] the English host upon us came.
[E] A bloody battle then [Dm] began upon the hawks
a-crumb day.
[G] The English horse [Dm] they were so rude, they bathed [E] their hooves in heeling
blood.
But every glance [G] of old they stood upon the hawks a-crumb day.
But at last we
could no [Dm] longer stay in all the hills we came away.
Sir, we tell the men today that
here we come to [C] Crumdale.
Thus the great [D] man thrust his [Dm] say, heeling men [D] show me the way,
[E] and [Dm] I will hover the hills this day and I'll view the hawks a-crumb [C] day.
Oh, my [D] lord, you're
not so strong, [Dm] you scarcely have [D] two thousand men.
[E] There's [Dm] twenty thousand on the plain
and rank and file in [C] Crumdale.
Thus the [Dm] great man thrust his say, heeling men [D] show me the
way, [G] and I will [Dm] hover the hills this day and I'll view the hawks a-crumb day.
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[Bb] were at the [C] nerve of the man [Am] when the great man [Bb] throws upon them camp.
[Gm] A second
[C] battle then [Am] began upon the [Dm] hawks a-crumb day.
[Bb] The great [C] Mackenzie and [Am] Mackayethan
drove [Bb] they to the sly, [G] and they fought [C] most valiantly [Am] upon the [G] hawks a-crumb day.
[Bb] The MacDonalds [C] they returned again, [Am] the Camelons [Bb] to the sand of join.
[Gm] Mackintosh [C] played a bloody [Am] game upon the [G] hawks a-crumb [Dm] day.
[Bb] The Greggars fought [C] like lions [Am] bold,
like chastened [Bb] snails could them [G] control.
The [C] Glockensparts were like loyal [Am] souls upon the [G] hawks a-crumb day.
[Bb] Claneys, [C] Chippendales, and [Am] MacNeills, the bulls they [Bb] eased, they took the [Gm] field.
They made their [C] enemies to [Am] yield upon the [Dm] hawks a-crumb day.
[Bb] The Gothins [C] both lead and [Am] advance,
the Braves are [Bb] smart, we saw them [G] lance.
The Greggs [C] made their heaps, they [Am] danced upon the [G] hawks a-crumb [Bb] day.
The loyal [C] stewards swam and [Am] rose, the bulls they [Bb] set upon the [Gm] foes.
Played them [C] for a week, killed them for [Am] laws, and laid them low a [Dm]-crumb day.
[Bb] A twenty [C]-five-staffed-ron, [Am] Welshmen fight on the [Bb] flat a-abbey.
[G] Rested [C] there by [Am] arm the _ [A] playing, [Bb] there on the [Gm] hawks a [Bb]-crumb day.
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