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Johnie Armitrang.
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The Elliots and Armftrangs did convene; May T find grace, my fovereign liege,
They were a gallant compame:
We'll ryde and meit our lawful king,
And bring him fafe Gilnockie.
Make kinnen and capon ready then,
And venifon in great plentie;
We 11 welcum hame our royal king,
I hope he'll dyne at Gilnockie.
They ran their horfe on the f angumholm
And brake their fpeirs with meikle main;
The Ladies lukit frae their lofty windows
God bring our men weil back ae;ain.
Quhen Johnie came before the King,
With all his men fae brave to fee,
The King he movit his bonnet to him,
He weind he was king as well as he.
Grace for my loyal men and me,
For my name it is Johnie Armftrang,
And fubjecl,of /ours, my Liege, fud he.
Away, away, thou tray tor ftrang,
Out of my ficht thou mayft fine be,
1 grantit nevir a tray tors lyfe,
And now I'll not begin with the « .
-Grant me my lyfe, my Liege, my Kin^,
And a bonny gift I will gi' to thee,
Full four-and-t>\«nty milk-why t fteids,
Were a foald in a /eir to me,
I'll gie thee all thefe milk why t fields,
That pranc and nicher at a fpe.tr,
"With as meikle gude Inglis gill .
As four of their braid backs dow be:r.
Away, away, thou tr*\ tor, fec'&c&C'.