My gear's a' taen.

Doughty Dan o' the Houlet Hirst,

Thou was aye gude at a birst:

Gude wi' a bow, and better wi' a speir,

The bauldest march-man, that e'er followed gear;

Come thou here.

Fy lads! shout a' a' a' a' a',

My gear's a' gane.

Rise, ye carle coopers, frae making o' kirns and tubs,

In the Nicol forest woods.