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John murdred was at Carlinrigg,

And all his galant companie:

But Scotlands heart was never sae wae,

To see sae mony brave men die.

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Because they savd their country deir

Frae Englishmen; nane were sae bauld,

Whyle Johnie livd on the border-syde,

Nane of them durst cum neir his hald.