THE LOVELY LASS OF INVERNESS
The lovely lass o'
Inverness,
Nae joy nor pleasure can
she see;
For e'en and morn she cries,
alas!
And ay 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
brethern three.
Their winding-sheet the
bluidy clay,
Their graves are growing
green to see;
And by them lies the dearest
lad
That ever blest a
lover'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!
Flagnote: From memory it was the great Scottish folksinger Jean Redpath
whom I first heard singing this lovely song by our National Bard which
very well captures the anguish following the Battle of Culloden
fought
on 16 April 1746.