‘Trow ye ay to make a fool of me?

I’le either have thirty pound for the good horse,

Or els he’s gae to Mattan fair wi me:’

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Then he has given him thirty pound for the good horse,

All in gold and good monie;

He has given him one of his best milk-kye,

To maintain his wife and children three.

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Then Dickie’s come down through Carlile town,