We'll take three men on either side,
And see if we can our fathers agree."
"O hold thy tongue, now, billy Bewick,
And of thy talking let me be!
But if thou'rt a man, as I'm sure thou art,
Come o'er the dyke, and fight wi' me."
"But I hae nae harness, billy, on my back,
As weel I see there is on thine."—
"But as little harness as is on thy back,
As little, billy, shall be on mine."—