‘It winna ride, my lads,’ quo he;

Then out he cries, Ye the prisner may take,

But leave the irons, I pray, to me.

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‘I wat weel no,’ cryd the Laird’s Jock,

‘I’ll keep them a’, shoon to my mare they’ll be;

My good grey mare, for I am sure.

She’s bought them a’ fu dear frae thee.’

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Sae now they’re away for Liddisdale,