The lovely lass o' Inverness,  
  Nae joy nor pleasure can she see;  
For e'en to morn she cries, "Alas!"  
  And aye the saut tear blin's her e'e:  
  
"Drumossie moor—Drumossie day—          
  A waefu' day it was to me!  
For there I lost my father dear,  
  My father dear, and brethren three.  
  
"Their winding-sheet the bluidy clay,  
  Their graves are growin' green to see;   
And by them lies the dearest lad  
  That ever blest a woman's e'e!  
  
"Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord,  
  A bluidy man I trow thou be;  
For mony a heart thou has made sair   
  That ne'er did wrang to thine or thee!"
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