. The book of ballads . Ml !l/. ^t ffi Jrom ti)e ©aclic. Fhairsho swore a feud Against the clan MTavish ;Marched into their land; To murder and to rafish;For he did resolve To extirpate the vipers,With four-and-twenty men %? And five-and-thirty pipers. , H 2 f^^ ih; THE BOOK OF BALLADS. - But M lien he had g-oue Hdf way down Strath Canaan,Of his fig:htmg- tail Just three were were all he had, To back him in ta battle ;All the rest had g-one Off, to drive ta cattle. I! Fery g-oot! cried Fhairshon, So my clan disgraced is;Lads, we 11 need to fig-ht Pefore we touch the f>eastie

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. The book of ballads . Ml !l/. ^t ffi Jrom ti)e ©aclic. Fhairsho swore a feud Against the clan MTavish ;Marched into their land; To murder and to rafish;For he did resolve To extirpate the vipers,With four-and-twenty men %? And five-and-thirty pipers. , H 2 f^^ ih; THE BOOK OF BALLADS. - But M lien he had g-oue Hdf way down Strath Canaan,Of his fig:htmg- tail Just three were were all he had, To back him in ta battle ;All the rest had g-one Off, to drive ta cattle. I! Fery g-oot! cried Fhairshon, So my clan disgraced is;Lads, we 11 need to fig-ht Pefore we touch the f> Mhic-Mac-Methusaleh Coming wi his seventy-three, And sixtv Dhuinowassails ! Coot tay to you, sir ; Are not you ta Fhairshon ?Was you coming here To visit any person ? i

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