An they hae grippit Hughie the Græme,

An brought him up thro Carlisle town;

The lasses an lads they stood by the wa’s,

Cryin, Hughie the Græme, thou’s no gae

down!

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They ha chosen a jury o men,

The best that were i Coventry,

An fifteen o them out a’ at anse,

‘Hughie the Græme, thou art guiltie.’