The Lothian lads they marched fast,

To be at the Rhyns o' Gallowa.

Betwixt Dumfries town and Argyle,

The lads they marched mony a mile;

Souters and taylors unto them drew,

Their covenants for to renew.

The whigs, they, wi' their merry cracks,

Gard the poor pedlars lay down their packs;

But aye sinsyne they do repent

The renewing o' their covenant.