Five Exccllent New Songs/The Valiant M'Craws

At Arthur’s Seat both early and late,
our camp we ſecur’d by us a’ man,
And by capitulation for the good of our nation,
we ſhipped from Leith, and awa’ man.
With a loud cheer to the ſhips we did ſteer,
ſet ſail, and to Jerſey did run, man,
we got a ſalute from the Garriſon great,
by cannons who loudly did roar, man.
We was welcom’d by all both great and ſmall,
they wonder’d to ſee our bold dreſs, man,
No breeks on our knee, our tartans ſo hie,
and our language they could not expreſs, man.
But we ſoon let them know, if ever a foe,
came near to this Iſland to plunder, man,
With her claymore at ſea, or on ſhore,
ſhe would ſtrike him as dead as a flounder, man.
Not long was it hence, when Naſſau’s prince,
with his fleet and his troops to invade us, man,
Sail’d from the French ſhore, our iſland to gore,
they thought it had little defence, man
But when they came near, we ſaw them ſo clear,
and gave them to know our pretence, man,
They took the alarm, but not without harm,
we ſtick’d and ſhot hundreds and more, man,
We made them to flee from land to the ſea,
the Naſſauites loudly did roar, man.
They damn’d us in French, we curs’d them in Ea⟨rse,⟩
with our claymores we crack’d their pows, man.

They off in a flight, in dead of the night,
their wounded they left on the ſhore, man,
The French got ſuch claws by the valiant M‘Craws,
they thought they were devils indeed, man.
May our Highland Clans be honour’d with fame,
wherever their leaders command them,
And all who won’t join in this noble rhyme,
may infamy ever attend them.