My malison drown thee!"

He rade up yon high hill,

And down yon dowie den,

The roaring of Clyde's water

Wad hae fleyed ten thousand men.

"O spare me, Clyde's water,

O spare me as I gae!

Mak' me your wrack as I come back,

But spare me as I gae!"

He rade in, and farther in,