Johnson’s Museum, No 346, p. 357, 1792; communicated by Robert Burns.
1
There was a battle in the north,
And nobles there was many,
And they hae killd Sir Charlie Hay,
And they laid the wyte on Geordie.
2
O he has written a lang letter,
He sent it to his lady:
‘Ye maun cum up to Enbrugh town,