“And gif you refuse to do that,

(I freely here upgive wi’ thee,)

He’ll cast yon bonny Castle down,

And mak’ a widow o’ that gay Ladye.

“He’ll loose yon bloodhound Borderers,

Wi’ fire and sword to follow thee;

There will never a Murray, after thysell,

Have land in Ettrick Forest free.”

“It stands me hard,” the Outlaw said,

“Judge gif it stands na hard wi’ me: