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'Twas on the th of September a very beautiful day	A
That a numerous English army came in grand array	A
And pitched their tents on Flodden field so green	B
In the year of our Lord fifteen hundred and thirteen	B
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And on the ridge of Braxton hill the Scottish army lay	A
All beautifully arrayed and eager for the fray	A
And near by stood their noble king on that eventful day	A
With a sad and heavy heart but in it no dismay	A
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And around him were his nobles both in church and state	C
And they felt a little dispirited regarding the king's fate	C
For the independence of bonnie Scotland was at stake	D
And if they lost the battle many a heart would break	D
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And as King James viewed the enemy he really wondered	E
Because he saw by them he was greatly outnumbered	E
And he knew that the struggle would be desperate to the last	F
And for Scotland's weal or woe the die was cast	F
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The silence of the gathered armies was very still	G
Until some horsemen began to gallop about the brow of the hill	G
Then from rank to rank the signal for attack quickly flew	H
And each man in haste to his comrade closely drew	H
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Then the Scottish artillery opened with a fearful cannonade	F
But the English army seemed to be not the least afraid	F
And they quickly answered them by their cannon on the plain	I
While innocent blood did flow just like a flood of rain	I
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But the artillery practice very soon did cease	J
Then foe met foe foot to foot and the havoc did increase	J
And with a wild slogan cry the Highlanders bounded down the hill	G
And many of the English vanguard with their claymores they did kill	G
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Then taken by surprise and the suddenness of the attack	K
The vanguard of the English army instantly fell back	K
But rallied again immediately to be beaten back once more	L
Whilst beneath the Highlanders' claymores they fell by the score	L
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But a large body of horsemen came to the rescue	H
And the wing of the Scottish army they soon did subdue	H
Then swords and spears clashed on every side around	F
While the still air was filled with a death wailing sound	F
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Then King James thought he'd strike an effective blow	M
So he ordered his bodyguard to the plain below	M
And all the nobles that were in his train	I
To engage the foe hand to hand on that bloody plain	I
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And to them the din of battle was only a shout of glory	N
But for their noble king they felt a little sorry	N
Because they knew he was sacrificing a strong position	O
Which was to his army a very great acquisition	O
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But King James was resolved to have his own will	G
And he wouldn't allow the English to come up the hill	G
Because he thought he wasn't matching himself equally against the foe	M
So the nobles agreed to follow their leader for weal or woe	M
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'Twas then they plunged down into the thick of the fight	F
And the king fought like a lion with all his might	F
And in his cause he saw his nobles falling on every side around	F
While he himself had received a very severe wound	F
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And the English archers were pouring in their shafts like hail	P
And swords and spears were shivered against coats of mail	P
And the king was manfully engaged contesting every inch of ground	F
While the cries of the dying ascended up to heaven with a pitiful sound	F
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And still around the king the battle fiercely raged	F
While his devoted followers were hotly engaged	F
And the dead and the dying were piled high all around	F
And alas the brave king had received the second wound	F
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The Scottish army was composed of men from various northern isles	Q
Who had travelled no doubt hundreds of miles	Q
And with hunger and fatigue many were like to faint	F
But the brave heroes uttered no complaint	F
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And heroically they fought that day on behalf of their king	R
Whilst around him they formed a solid ring	R
And the king was the hero of the fight	F
Cutting hacking and slashing left and right	F
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But alas they were not proof against the weapons of the foe	M
Which filled their hearts with despair and woe	M
And not able to maintain their close form they were beaten back	K
And Lennox and Argyle their leaders were slain alack	K
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And the field became so slippery with blood they could scarcely stand	F
But in their stocking feet they fought hand to hand	F
And on both sides men fell like wheat before the mower	S
While the cheers from both armies made a hideous roar	L
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Then King James he waved his sword on high	T
And cried Scotsmen forward and make the Saxons fly	T
And remember Scotland's independence is at stake	K
So charge them boldly for Scotland's sake	K
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So grooms lords and knights fought all alike	K
And hard blows for bonnie Scotland they did strike	K
And swords and spears loudly did clatter	S
And innocent blood did flow like water	S
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But alas the king and his nobles fought in vain	I
And by an English billman the king was slain	I
Then a mighty cheer from the English told Scotland's power had fled	F
And King James the Fourth of Scotland alas was dead	F

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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