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On grassy amphitheatre, / Spectators sit to view the war, / 'Mong bold contestants on the plain / Where each doth strive the prize to gain.
Come witness the great tug of war, / And see great hammer thrown afar, / See running, jumping, highland fling, / At concert hear the skylark sing.
And the bagpipes will send thrills, / Like echoes from the distant hills, / And the bold sound of the pibroch, / Which does resound o'er highland loch.
Young men and maids and fine old dames / Will gather on the banks of Thames, / And though we have a tug of war / 'Twill leave no wound or deadly scar.