J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1

170 MINSTllELSY OF
Sir Francis Russel ta'en was there,
And hurt, as we hear men rehearse ;
Proud Wallinton was wounded sair,
Albeit he be a Fennick fierce.
But if ye wald a souldier search,
Among them a"" were ta''en that night,
Was nane sae wordie to put in verse,
As Collingwood, that courteous knight.
Young Henry Schafton, he is hurt ;
A souldier shot him wi' a bow :
Scotland has cause to mak great sturt.
For laming of the Laird of Mow.
The Laird's Wat did weel, indeed ;
His friends stood stoutlie by himseP,
With little Gladstain, gude in need,
For Gretein kend na gude be HI.
The SheriiFe wanted not gude will,
Howbeit he might not fight so fast ;
Beanjeddart, Hundlie, and Hunthill,
Three, on they laid weel at the last.
Except the horsemen of the guard,
If I could put men to availe.
None stoutlier stood out for their laird,
Nor did the lads of Liddisdail.