And nane wi' him but Willie alane.

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"O Simmy, Simmy, now let me gang,

And I'll nevir mair do a Crichton wrang!

O Simmy, Simmy, now let me be,

And a peck o' gowd I'll give to thee!

O Simmy, Simmy, now let me gang,

And my wife shall heap it with her hand."

But the Crichtons wad na let the Galliard be,

But they hanged him hie upon a tree.