[1234] knapscap = headpiece.
[1235] grat = wept.
[1236] lyart = grizzled.
[1237] lourd = liefer, rather.
[1238] wudspurs = hotspur, or madspur.
[142. Dick o’ the Cow]
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Now Liddesdale has lain lang in,
There is na ryding[1239] there at a’;
The horses are a’ grown sae lither[1240] fat,
They downa stir out o’ the sta’.