Lines on the North of Scotland by James McIntyre

Lines on the North of Scotland, delivered in Embro nearly a quarter of a century ago:

Scotsmen have wandered far and wide, / From Moray Frith to Frith of Clyde;

McDonald, from his sea girt isle, / And Campbell from his broad Argyle–

But chiefly here you have come forth / From those countries of the north;

Some oft have trod Dunrobins's Halls, / And gazed upon its stately walls.

Here to-night in this array / Is Murray, McKenzie and McKay;

And there doth around us stand / The Munroe, Ross and Sutherland.

Your young men have high honour earned;

In all of the professions learned;

Your Bonnie Lasses sung in song, / And youths are famed for muscle strong.