To hunt the dun deer down.

As he came down by Merriemass,

And in by the benty line,

There has he espied a deer lying

Aneath a bush of ling.

Johnnie he shot, and the dun deer lap,

And he wounded her on the side;

But atween the water and the brae,

His hounds they laid her pride.

And Johnnie has bryttled the deer sae weel,