Up by Airth and Higgins nook,
Where was a batt’ry prov’d a mock.
They thought to keep Forth to themsel;
But what it cost there’s few can tell:
For all th’ shipping they had at sea,
Did not exceed in number three,
Which kept about Perth and Montrose,
And privily to France did cross.
So all round Stirling where they lay,
Oft did they wish they were away.