I woke one morning when a man came around In a velvet cloak worth fifty pound Slapped my face with a glove so cold And said, "My brother means to make you bold" I blinked my eyes to get the clouds from thence In a sackcloth shirt worth fifty pence I said, "Now, sir, please stand you free Because it's clear you've got the advantage on me" My honor cried out for a duel to fight Though my head still hurt from a drinking night But live or die, I knew my due Was to meet in the morning by the oak and the yew Last night in the tavern you gave the lie To a man whose honor can't look it by Today, my brother with a rage supplied Demands on the 'morrow to be satisfied My head was reeling and my throat was dry And I could not recall of giving the lie I looked at this man and I looked again For to see in his eyes the face of his kin My honor cried out for a duel to fight Though my head still hurt from a drinking night But live or die, I knew my due Was to meet in the morning by the oak and the yew This man of velvet cloak and hair Did wait for me to acknowledge the dare I looked at his face, then at his coach There a family seal that had been on a brooch Some bastard noble had been too free With the ladies of the tavern and that angered me I'd called him on his lies, the fool But now it was I that had to face a duel My honor cried out for a duel to fight Though my head still hurt from a drinking night But live or die, I knew my due Was to meet in the morning by the oak and the yew "I do remember your brother," I said "And we'll duel in the morning 'til the blood runs red Where should I go to meet him then?" "By the oak and the yew in the highland glen" I slept not a wink that long, cold night For I thought of the morning and the morning's fight The bastard had fought duels before But I served George in the Frenchy wars We met in the morning in the highland glen We crossed our swords and were at it then Bared my teeth and he heard me roar Were it not for blood, we'd be at it more The blades rang out in the morning fog He slipped and he fell in the muddy bog Down I pounced and we rolled in the dirt And his sword it tore through my good white shirt When suddenly in the dirty and the mud There appeared the telltale color of blood Whether his or mine, we nor could tell But the duel was over and we knew it well We met in the morning in the highland glen We crossed our swords and were at it then Bared my teeth and he heard me roar Were it not for blood, we'd be at it more From that day forth I could stand with the proud And hear my name whispered through the crowd A fighter was I, and I'd fought by the rules Who cares if I lost the duel? Who cares if I lost the duel?
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