By flocks o’ men an’ women;

Buss’d i’ their best the blythesome troop

Bang forrat helter-skelter,

Wheyle monny ’mang the mingled group

O’ th’ geat war fit to swelter

Wi’ heat that day.

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Whist! what’s yon noise amang yon crowd,

Yon rantin an’ huzzain?

Whar trumpets skirl an’ drums beat loud,