J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 2

336 MINSTRELSY OF
" Then do your worst now, good Lord Scroope,
" And deal your blows as hard as you can !
" It shall be tried within an hour,
" Which of us two is the better man."
But as they were dealing their blows so free,
And both so bloody at the time,
Over the moss came ten yeomen so tall,
All for to take brave Hughie the Gra2me.
Then they hae grippit Hughie the Graeme,
And brought him up through Carlisle town ;
The lasses and lads stood on the walls,
Crying," Hughie the Graeme, thou'se ne'er gae do^m
Then hac they chosen a jury of men,
The best that Avere in Carlisle* town ;
And twelve of them cried out at once,
" Hughie the Gra>nie, thou must gae down !"
Then up bespak him gude I^ord Hume,-|-
As he sat by the judge's knee,-=-
" Twenty white owsen, my gude lord,
" If you'll grant Hughie the Graeme to me."
" Garland — Anc. Songs. f Bold — Anc. Songi.