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288 MINSTRELSY OF
THE FRAY OF SUPORT.
AN ANCIENT BORDER GATHERINC, SONG.
FROM TRADITION.
Of all the Border ditties, which have fallen into the edi-
tor's hands, this is by far the most uncouth and savage.
It is usually chaunted in a sort of wild recitative, except
the burden, which swells into a long and varied howl, not
unlike to a view hollo'. The words, and the very great
irregularity of the stanza (if it deserves the name,) suffi-
ciently point out its intention and origin. An Englisli
woman, residing in Suport, near the foot of the Kers-
hope, having been plundered in the night by a band of
the Scottish moss-troopers, is supposed to convoke her
servants and friends for the pursuit, or Hot Trod; up-
braiding them, at the same time, in homely phrase, for
their negligence and security. The Hot Trod was fol-
lowed by the persons who had lost goods, with blood-

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Volume 1
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
DescriptionConsisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
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