I wate a mile but barely three,

Till John Armstrang has oertane Dick o the Kow,

Hand for hand on Cannobei lee.

35

‘Abide th[e], bide now, Dickie than,

The day is come that thow must die;’

Dickie looked oer his left shoulder;

‘Johnie, has thow any mo in thy company?

36

‘There is a preacher in owr chapell,