29

‘Throw me my irons, Dickie!’ he cries,

‘For I wot they cost me dear enough;’

‘O shame a ma!’ cries Jokie Ha,

‘They’ll be good shakles to my plough.’

30

‘Come through, come through, Liewtenant Gordon!

Come throw, and drink some wine wi me!

For yesterday I was your prisoner,

But now the night I am set free.’