The Highland Muster Roll

Melody -

Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Jock and Tam and a's comin'
   Borland and his men's comin',
   The Cameron's and MacLean's comin',
   The Gordon's and illlacGregor's comin',
   A' the duniewastle's comin'!

Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
MacGilvray o' Drumglass is comin'!
   Winton' comin', Nithsdale's comin',
   Cornwath's comin', Kenmure's comin',
   Derwentwater and Foster's comin',
   Withrington and Nairn's comin',
  Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Blythe Cowhill and a's comin'.
   The Laird o' MacIntosh is comin',
   MacRabie and MacDonald's comin',
   The MacKenzie's and MacPherson's comin',
   A' the wild MacCraw's comin'.

Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Donald Gun and a's comin'!
   They gloom, they glower, they look sae big,
   At ilka strake they'll fell a whig,
   They'll fricht the wuds o' the Pockpuds,
   For many a bare arse is comin'.
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Blythe Cowhill and a's comin'.
   The Laird o' MacIntosh is comin',
   MacRabie and MacDonald's comin',
   The MacKenzie's and MacPherson's comin',
   A' the wild MacCraw's comin'.

Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Donald Gun and a's comin'!
   They gloom, they glower, they look sae big,
   At ilka strake they'll fell a whig,
   They'll fricht the wuds o' the Pockpuds,
   For many a bare arse is comin'.

Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Jock and Tam and a's comin'!


This Jacobite song was probably made and sung about the time the Earl of Mar raised the standard of King James in the north.

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