Has been fighting in a dirty syke."[[185]]

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They hae had him up thro' Carlisle toun,

And set him by the chimney fire;

They gave brave Noble a loaf to eat,

And that was little his desire.

They gave him a wheaten loaf to eat,

And after that a can of beer;

And they a' cried, with one consent,

"Eat, brave Noble, and make gude cheir!