The greatest coward in the company;
‘Now halt, now halt, we needna try’t;
The day is comd we a’maun die!’
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‘Poor faint-hearted thief!’ quo the Laird’s Jock,
‘There’ll nae man die but he that’s fie;
I’ll lead ye a’right safely through;
Lift ye the prisner on ahint me.’
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Sae now the water they a’hae tane,