And before he gets the forest fair,
We a’ will die on Newark Lee!”
The Outlaw called a messenger,
And bid him hie him speedilye
To Andrew Murray of Cockpool:
“That man’s a dear cousin to me;
Desire him come and mak’ me aid
With a’ the power that he may be.”
“It stands me hard,” Andrew Murray said,
“Judge gif it stand na hard wi’ me;