I rang’d that rocky hill,

’Till I explor’d the ’Squires Peak;

Herd’s House, and Little Mill,

By Wagtailhall, and Sandyheughs,

To Rothbury then did ride;

To feed, refresh, and hear what news;

Then search the other side.

Hence by Knocklaw, and Tumbleton,

And ev’ry scatter’d cot,

Through Debdon Dale—and I anon