COLONEL ANNE AND THE BLACKSMITH

[Verse 1] Midnight's when the word comes in Loudoun's comin' wi' fightin' men Fifteen hunnerd on the move Each wi' somethin' yet tae prove Whit huv ah got? Whit dae ah ken? A blacksmith an' jist five guid men The bonnie Prince sleeps in ma hall We must win or pay fer all [Chorus] This nicht, they'll no get thair man He's guarded by Fraser an' Colonel Anne! [Verse 2] Fraser, tak the lads an' go Catch them on the path below Mak them think the clans are come Send them runnin' fer thair hame He laughed an' said "We'll mak them flee A thoosand agin' the lads an' me!" [Chorus] This nicht, they'll no get thair man He's guarded by Fraser an' Colonel Anne! [Verse 3] Silence noo, the boys huv gone The longest nicht has jist begun Come on Donald, mak them run Whit madness tae ma mind ha come? Musket shots through the trees Donald's voice upon the breeze "Up Camerons, ye Frasers, Clansmen on!" In the dark afore the dawn [Chorus] This nicht, they'll no get thair man He's guarded by Fraser an' Colonel Anne! [Verse 4] Word comes runnin' through the black They broke, they fled, they'll no come back Fifteen hunnerd turned an' ran Frae the blacksmith an' his five guid men Thank the lord fer Fraser's mooth That sent the whigs a' runnin' sooth The Prince still sleeps, he disnae ken The luck o' Fraser an' his men [Chorus] This nicht, they'll no get thair man He's guarded by Fraser an' Colonel Anne! [Verse 5] Dawn breaks grey, the world's the same Derby's shadow, Stuart's claim We've no won the war, this ah ken Wi' jist a blacksmith an' five guid men But the Prince has woken safe an' warm We've kept oor Charlie from all harm The cause lives on, the Stuart free Oor blacksmith's mooth hae made them flee [Final Chorus] This nicht, they've no got thair man He wis guarded by Fraser an' Colonel Anne