Bot I neir rade thro’ Stirling town
Neir to return again.’
13.
13.1 ‘heiding-hill’: i.e. heading (beheading) hill. The place of execution was anciently an artificial hillock.—Percy.
They hae ta’en to the heiding-hill
His young son in his craddle,
And they hae ta’en to the heiding-hill
His horse bot and his saddle.
14.
They hae ta’en to heiding-hill