The South Inch, site of Perth Fort.
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The Visitation
| Cromwell was a sodger: Cromwell was a saint: Cromwell cam to Scotland To mak himsel' acquaint. |
He rumml'd up his cannon Afore St John's Toun: Wowf! Roar'd the cannon And the wa's fell doun. |
A randy frae the Speygate Yowl'd: "Haud on, ye füle!" "Auld wife, auld wife:" craw'd Cromwell: "I maun dae the Lord's will." |
Glossary
| sodger - soldier; | rumml'd - rumbled; | St John's Toun - Perth; | wa's - walls; | randy - virago; |
| yowl'd - howled; | haud - hold; | craw'd - crowed; | maun - must. |
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