‘I hae se’en uncles in the north,

They gang baith proud an lordly;

I’d see them a’ tread down afore my eyes

Afore I lose my Geordie.’

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Then out an spak an English lord,

The ill gae wi his bodie!

‘It’s I gard hang Sir Francie Grey,

An I’ll soon gar hang your Geordie.’

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