In Ulster's emerald meads.

But oh! what tears will Cambria shed

When she the tale shall learn—

For Forth's full tide shall flow blood red,

Ere long, from Bannockburn!

"But not alone shall Southron vale

Lament that day of woe—

Grief's sigh shall soothe each ruder gale

Where Scotia's waters flow.

From Corra Linn, where roars the Clyde,