6.
And first appear’d the fatal block,
And syne the aix to head him,
And Geordie cumin’ down the stair,
And bands o’ airn upon him.
7.
But tho’ he was chain’d in fetters strang,
O’ airn and steel sae heavy,
There was na ane in a’ the court
Sae bra’ a man as Geordie.