Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

Our road lies thro’ yon host;

First spend your fury on the foe,

Then fight—if fight ye must.”

He spake—in sullens baith withdrew,

Now all prepare for fight,

And arms and armour clattering brake

The silence of the night.

In bluid red clouds the Sun arose,

Which saw that fatal day,

Where bretheless on the green hill side