The thieves was numberd a hundred men,

I wat they were not of the worst

That could be choosed out of Thirlwa’nd Williehaver,

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But all that was in Rookhope-head,

And all that was i Nuketon Cleugh,

Where Weardale men oertook the thieves,

And there they gave them fighting eneugh.

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