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,