Or in what town, or what countree?’

‘O I was born in fair Scotland,

A cruked carl although I be.’

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The captain sware by the root of his sword,

Saying, I’m a Scotsman as weel as thee;

Here’s twenty shillings of English money

To such a cruked carl as thee,

If thou’ll tell me of that Wallace;

He’s ay the creature I want to see.