‘I would reather given my whole estates
Before ye had not hanged James Hatley.’
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But up and spake a Scottish lord,
And O but he spake boldly!
‘I would reather hae foughten among blood to the knees
Before ye had hanged James Hatley.’
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Up and spake the king’s eldest son,
‘Come hame, James Hatley, and dine wi me;