VI.

He was the first that bent the knee

When the STANDARD waved abroad,

He was the first that charged the foe

On Preston's bloody sod;

And ever, in the van of fight,

The foremost still he trod,

Until, on bleak Culloden's heath,

He gave his soul to God,

Like a good old Scottish cavalier,

All of the olden time!

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