The napkin was tyed on Geordie’s face,

And the hangman was just readie:

‘Hold your hand, you bluidy wretch!

O hold it from my Geordie!

For I’ve got a remit from the king,

That I’ll get my ain love Geordie.’

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When he heard his lady’s voice,

He was baith blythe and merry:

‘There’s many ladies in this place;