To save me frae the high hill,

And fra the gallow-tree!’

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‘Ye’s get a’ my goud,

And a’ my well won fee,

To save ye fra the headin-hill,

And frae the gallow-tree.’

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Manuscript of Scottish Songs and Ballads, copied by a granddaughter of Lord Woodhouselee, 1840–50, p. 51.

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