XXXIII
Because they saved their country deir
Frae Englishmen! Nane were sa bauld,
Whyle Johnie lived on the Border syde,
Nane of them durst cum neir his hauld.
FOOTNOTES:
[545] kinnen = rabbits.
[546] nicker = neigh.
[547] gilt = gold.
[548] dow = are able to.
[549] ganging = going.
[550] happers = mill-hoppers.
[551] skaith’d = hurt, wronged.