‘I am a true Scot born and bred,
And an auld crookit carl just sic as ye see.’
8
‘I wad gie fifteen shillings to onie crookit carl,
To onie crookit carl just sic as ye,
If ye will get me Gude Wallace;
For he is the man I wad very fain see.’
9
He hit the proud captain alang the chafft-blade,
That never a bit o meal he ate mair;