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4 THE BATTLE OF SHERIFFMUIR.
Then Laurie the traitor, who betray'd his master,
His king, and his country, an' a', man,
Pretending Mar might give orders to fight,
To the right of the army awa, man.
And we ran, &c.
Then Laurie, for fear of what he might hear,
Took Drummond's best horse, and awa, man :
'Stead of going to Perth, he crossed the Firth,
Alongst Stirling bridge, and awa, man.
And we ran, &c.
To London he press'd, and there he profess'd,
That he behav'd best o' them a', man,
And so, without strife, got settled for life,
A hundred a-year to his fa', man.
And we ran, &c.
In Borrowstounness he resides with disgrace,
Till his neck stand in need of a thraw, man ;
And then in a tether he'll swing from a ladder,
And go off the stage with a pa', man.
And we ran, &c.
Rob Roy there stood watch on a hill, for to catch
The booty, for ought that I saw, man ;
For he ne'er advanc'd from the place he was stane'd,
Till no more was to do there at a', man.
And we ran, &c.
So we all took the flight, and Moubray the wright,
And Lethem the smith was a braw man,
For he took a fit of the gout, which was wit,
By judging it time to withdraw, man.
And we ran, &c