"Shame fa' you and your trade baith,

Canna beet[[188]] a gude fellow by your myster[[189]]

But leez me on thee, my little black mare,

Thou's worth thy weight in gold to me."

There was horsing, horsing in haste,

And there was marching upon the lee;

Until they cam to Dumfries port,

And they lighted there right speedilie.

"There's five of us will hold the horse,

And other five will watchmen be: