And of the horsemen left were ten.

This did the Highlandmen revive,

And rais’d their sp’rits for more mischief,

And to the Duke’s men gave a caution,

Where to quarter on like occasion.

His army in three divisions lay,

The first at Strathbogie, they say,

Second at Old Meldrum, half-way between

Strathbogie town and Aberdeen,

The last at Aberdeen still lay,