XC.
WHARE HAE YE BEEN.
Tune—“Killiecrankie.”
[“This song,” says Sir Harris Nicolas, “is in the Museum without Burns’s name.” It was composed by Burns on the battle of Killiecrankie, and sent in his own handwriting to Johnson; he puts it in the mouth of a Whig.]
I.
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Whare hae ye been sae brankie, O?
O, whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Cam ye by Killiecrankie, O?
An’ ye had been whare I hae been,
Ye wad na been so cantie, O;
An’ ye had seen what I hae seen,
On the braes o’ Killiecrankie, O.
II.
I fought at land, I fought at sea;
At hame I fought my auntie, O;
But I met the Devil an’ Dundee,
On the braes o’ Killiecrankie, O.
The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr,
An’ Claver'se got a clankie, O;
Or I had fed on Athole gled,
On the braes o’ Killiecrankie, O.