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of Argyle, in 1685, and appears to have been a song of that year.
I have seen a copy of it printed in 1694.
'Cl)s EebcT Captilie.
Air — Three honny Lads ivere Sandy and Jochie.
Three bonny lads were Sandy, Claud Hamilton,
And Andrew Grier, the captain that led them on.
Then for the lads it proved a fatal day,
Argyle was ta'en, and a' his men ran away.
When Douglas jived him,
Rived him,
Drived him,
And of all hopes his stars had deprived him;
Eouted him, flouted him.
The deil bigotted him.
And now the states a rope have allotted him.
On June the fifteenth, oh ! 'twas a fatal day,
Archibald fled, and a' the rogues ran away.
In a disguise the loon thought to shun his fate ;
Three bonny boys stopped him on the gate.
In a blue bonnet ;
On it
One hit
Such a braid gash as made him til own it.
spare me, disarm me,
And do no more harm me.
For I am Argyle, the head o' th' Whig army
Quarter ! oh, quarter ! I yield myself prisoner :
Here, take my sword too, that useless tool of war.
Footmen and horses, now I all give you o'er ;
Dumbarton's forces no man can stand before ;