I wat weil they'll mak a ford sicker.

Sae whether they be Elliots or Armstrangs,

Or rough riding Scots, or rude Johnstones,

Or whether they be frae the Tarras or Ewsdale,

They maun turn and fight, or try the deeps o' Liddel.

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

My gear's a' ta'en.

"Ah! but they will play ye another jigg,

For they will out at the big rig,

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