II.
Fifteen foresters in the braid alow,
And they are wondrous fell;
To get a drop of Johnny's heart bluid,
They would sink a' their souls to hell.
Johnny Cock has gotten word of this,5
And he is wondrous keen;
He['s] custan aff the red scarlet,
And on 'wi' the Linkum green.
And he is ridden oer muir and muss,
And over mountains high,10
Till he came to yon wan water;
And there Johnny Cock did lie.
He's taen out a horn from his side,
And he blew both loud and shrill,
Till a' the fifteen foresters15
Heard Johnny Cock blaw his horn.
They have sworn a bluidy oath,
And they swore all in one,
That there was not a man among them a',
Would blaw such a blast as yon.20
And they have ridden oer muir and muss,
And over mountains high,
Till they came to yon wan water,
Where Johnny Cock did lie.
They have shotten little Johnny Cock,25
A little above the ee;
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For doing the like to me.
"There's not a wolf in a' the [wood]
Woud 'ha' done the like to me:30
'She'd ha' dipped her foot in coll water,
And strinkled above my ee,
And if I would have waked for that,
'She'd ha' gane and let me be.