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First Line: Hey! The lord of annandale! / howe! The lord of annandale!
Last Line: Hey! The lord of annandale! &c.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Hero And Leander


Suggested by the Movement for a Memorial to the Hero-King at Lochmaben.
HEY! the Lord of Annandale!
Howe! the Lord of Annandale!
Auld Scotia hero-king we hail --
The Glorious Bruce of Annandale!

A blessin' on Lochmaben towers!
A blessin' on Lochmaben bowers!
Which sent us him' of bairns the wale,
A richt gude son of Annandale!
Hey! the Lord of Annandale! &c.

When crafty Comyn sought the croun,
And tried to keep puir Scotland doun;
Wha smote him through his plated mail?
'Twas Bruce the Lord of Annandale!
Hey! the Lord of Annandale! &c.

He raised the flag of freedom true,
And follow'd wheresoe'er it flew;
But lang did England's micht prevail
Out owre the Bruce of Annandale.
Hey! the Lord of Annandale, &c.

They hunted him through moor and glen,
And thought his hiding place to ken;
But syne they learn'd anither tale,
Frae Bruce, the Lord of Annandale!
Hey! the Lord of Annandale, &c.

A tale of wonder and deray,
The desperate deer has turn'd to bay!
The Southern dogs look dowf and quail
Before the Bruce of Annandale.
Hey! the Lord of Annandale!

Around him frien's are gathering fast --
Anither blow! -- the best -- the last --
Now, Isleman, Lowlander, and Gael,
Lay on for Bruce of Annandale!
Hey! the Lord of Annandale! &c.

By Bannock's stream the blow is struck --
Through patriot pith and valour's luck
The land is freed, baith hill and vale,
Thanks to the Lord of Annandale!
Hey! the Lord of Annandale! &c.

Lang years since then hae passed away,
But Bruce's name defies decay:
This statue, which fair hands unveil,
Tells how he's loved in Annandale.
Hey! the Lord of Annandale! &c.





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