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‘I wad gee fifeteen shillings,’ the captain he said,

‘To an auld crooked carle, just sic a ane as thee,

If ye wad tell me of Willie Wallace,

For he’s the man I wad fain see.’

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‘O hold your hand,’ brave Wallace he said,

‘And let me see if yeer coin be good;

If ye wad give fifeteen shillings more,

Ye never bade a better boad.’