And a’ the rest o his brothers three.

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Some they wound, and some they slew,

They fought sae fierce and valiantly;

They made his enemies for to yield,

And sent Sir Hugh out ower the sea.


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Macmath MS., p. 79. “Received by me 20th August and 7th September, 1887, from my aunt, Miss Jane Webster, who derived it from her mother, Janet Spark, Kirkcudbrightshire.”

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