‘Sae as I wan, sae will I lose,

Spite o the kings in Christendie;

I never was a king’s subject,

Nor a king’s subject will I ever be.’

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‘Outlaw Murray says yon land’s his ain,

And to yon men he pays meat and fee;

He took it frae the Souden Turk,

When you and your men durstna come and see.’

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