He tied a ribbon on every branch,
Put up a flag his men might see;
But little did his false foes ken
He meant them any injury.
He set his horn unto his mouth,
And he has blawn baith loud and shrill:
And then three thousand armed men
Came tripping all out ower the hill.
"Deliver us our chief," they all did cry;
"It s by our hand that ye must die;" -