I'll[[131]] wad my hail fee against a groat,

He's bigger than e'er our foal will be."

Now all this while, in merry Carlisle,

The Harper harped to hie and law;

And the[[132]] fiend thing dought they do but listen him to,

Until that the day began to daw.

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But on the morn, at fair day light,

When they had ended a' their cheer,

Behold the Wanton Brown was gane,