Five yoke of oxen I will give thee.’

12

‘I will not stay, nor I dare not stay,

O Parcy Reed, for to fight with thee;

For thou wilt find, O Parcy Reed,

That they will slay both me and thee.’

13

‘O stay, O stay, O Willie Hall,

O stay, O man, and fight for me!

If we see the Troughend again,