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And when he cam to _>on wee Oftler houfe,
He bad bendicite be there;
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Where was ye born,auld crookit Tarl,
Where was ye born in what counfrie,
I am a true Scot born and bred,
And an auld crookit carl Juft Tic as ye fee.
I wad gie fifteen fhillingsto onie crookit carl.
To onie crookit carl Juft fie as ^ e,
II ^e will get me gude Wallace, '
For he is the man I wad vcta' fain fee.
.He hit the proud Captam alatig the chaff t blade,
That never a bit o meal he ate mair;
And he fticket the reft at the t^ble where the\ fat,
And he left them a I) in fprawlin there.
Get up, get up, gudewife, he fa>8.
And get to me fome dinner in hafte;
For it will foon be three lang da\ s
Sin I a bit o' meat did tafte.
The dinner was na weel readi^,
Nor was it on the table fel.
Till other fyfieen Englifhmen
Were a' lighted about the yett.
Come out, come out, now gude Wallace
This is the day that thou maun die;
I lippen nae fae little to God, he fa>-s,
Altho I be but ill wordie.
The gudewife had an auld gudeman.
By gude Wallace he ftiffly ftood.
Till ten o the fj-fteen, Englifhmen,
Before the door lay in their bludfe.
The other five to the greenwood ran,
And he hangol thefe five upon a> grain.
And on the morti wi' his mevry men a
He fat at dine «n Lochmaben Sown.
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