Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance / Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series

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48.¹ ‘moudie-hill,’ mole-hill.

Then he stuck his sword in a moudie-hill,

Where he lap thirty good foot and three;

First he bequeathed his soul to God,

And upon his own sword-point lap he.

49.

Now Grahame he was the first that died,

And then came Robin Bewick to see;

‘Arise, arise, O son,’ he said,

‘For I see thou’s won the victory.