The great bull of Bendy-law
Has broken his band and run awa,
And the king and a’ his court
Canna turn that bull about.
“Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 86 a, Abbotsford, in the handwriting of Thomas Wilkie.
Red-Cap he was there,
And he was there indeed,
And he was standing by,
With a red cap on his head.