The gear was driven the Frostylee up,

Frae the Frostylee unto the plain,

Whan Willie has lookd his men before,

And saw the kye right fast driving.

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‘Whae drives thir kye,’ can Willie say,

‘To make an outspeckle o me?’

‘It’s I, the Captain o Bewcastle, Willie;

I winna layne my name for thee.’

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