Traditional - The Haughs O' Cromdale lyrics

As I come in by Auchindoun Just a wee bit frae the toun To the Hi'lands I was bound To view the Haughs of Cromdale I met a man in tartan trews Spiered at him (asked) what was the news Quo' he, "The Hi'land army rues That e'er we come to Cromdale "We were in bed, sir, every man When the English host upon us cam; A bloody battle then began Upon the Haughs of Cromdale The English horse they were so rude They bathed their hoofs in Hi'land blood But our brave clans, they boldly stood Upon the Haughs of Cromdale "But, alas! We could no longer stay And o'er the hills we come away Sore we do lament the day That e"er we come to Cromdale." T Hus the great Montrose did say: Hi'land man show me the way I will over the hills this day To view the Haughs of Cromdale." They were at their dinner, every man When great Montrose upon them cam; A second battle then began Upon the Haughs of Cromdale The Grant, Mackenzie and M'Ky As Montrose they did espy Then they fought most valiantly Upon the Haughs of Cromdale The McDonalds they returned again The Camerons did our standard join McIntosh played a bloody game Upon the Haughs of Cromdale The Gordons boldly did advance The Frasers fought with sword and lance The Grahams they made the heads to dance Upon the Haughs of Cromdale And the loyal Stewarts, wi' Montrose So boldly set upon their foes Laid them low wi' Hi'land blows Laid them low on Cromdale Of twenty-thousand Cromwell's men A thousand fled to Aberdeen The rest of them lie on the plain There on the Haughs of Cromdale Of twenty-thousand Cromwell's men A thousand fled to Aberdeen The rest of them lie on the plain There on the Haughs of Cromdale The song is about a battle which took place on 30 April, 1690 In which a Jacobite force was routed On the low ground or meadow (haughs) at Cromdale By government forces The first verses imply the defeat as alas we could no Longer stay And o'er the hills we come away. But then a second Battle With a great victory by Montrose is described, which is Actually based On Montrose's victory at Auldearn in 1645 Montrose had been dead for 40 years Before the conflict at Cromdale The victory verses may be a "wishfull" Patriotic fancy, wherein previous heros join together To win a "second" non-existant battle at Cromdale