1.
1.2 ‘reaving,’ robbing.
1.4 ‘staig,’ horse; ‘stot,’ ox.
God send the land deliverance
Frae every reaving, riding Scot!
We’ll sune hae neither cow nor ewe,
We’ll sune hae neither staig nor stot.
2.
The outlaws come frae Liddesdale,
They herry Redesdale far and near;