It is the better road,’ said they;
But up bespak than Dicky Ha,
The wisest of that company:
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‘Annan road’s a publick road,
It’s not the road that makes for me;
But we will through at Annan Holme,
It is the better road,’ said he;
‘An we were in at Wamfrey Gate,
The Johnstones they will a’ help me.’