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Took Drnmmond’a bel horfe and awa' man ; Inftead at going to Perth he croffed the Firth, Along'st Stirling Bridge and awa’ man, And we ran and they ran, &c. To London he preft, and there he addreft That he behav 'd beft of them a man, And there without ftrife he got fettled for life, A hungred a year to his fa man, And we ran and they ran, &c.

In Borrowftounnefs he redes with difgrace, Till his neck ftand in need of a draw man, And then in a tether he'l dance of a ladder, Go off the ftage with a fa’ man, And we ran am they ran, &c,’ Rob Roy food watch on a hill for to catch The booty for ought that I faw man, For he ne'er advanced from the place he ftanch d, Til no more to do there at a man. For they ran and we ran, & c So we all took the flight and Mowbray the wright, But Lethem, the smith was a braw man, For he took the gout which truly was wit, By judging it time to withdraw man, And we ran and they ran, &c And Trumpet Marine whofe breek were not clean, Through misfotune he happen'd to fa man, By faving his neck his trumpet he brake,