Withouten either dread or fear,

And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch

Can back a steed, or shake a spear?

"O were there war between the lands,

As well I wot that there is none,

I would slight Carlisle castle high,

Though it were builded of marble stone.

"I would set that castle in a low,

And sloken it with English blood!

There's never a man in Cumberland,