I wad hae betrayed nae lad alive,

For a' the gowd o' Christentie.

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"And fare thee weel, sweet Liddesdale!

Baith the hie land and the law;

Keep ye weel frae the traitor Mains!

For goud and gear he'll sell ye a'.

"Yet wad I rather be ca'd Hobbie Noble,

In Carlisle, where he suffers for his fau't,

Than I'd be ca'd the traitor Mains,