with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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Then Laurie, for fear
Of what he might hear,
Took Drummond's best horse and awa', man,
Instead o' going to Perth,
He crossed the Firth,
Alongst Stirling-bridge and awa', man.
And we raUj and they ran, ^c.
To London he press'd,
And there he address'd.
That he behav'd best o' them a*, man
And there without strife
Got settled for life.
An hundred a year to his fa', man.
And we ran, and they ran, ^c.
In Burrowstounness
He resides wi' disgrace,
Till his neck stand in need of a dra', man,
And then in a tether
He'll swing frae a ladder,
[And] go afF the stage with a pa', man.
And we ran, and they ran, S^c,
Rob Roy* stood watch
On a hill for to catch
* " Among other causes of the rebels' misfortune in that day,
they reckon the part Rob Roy, M. Gregor, acted to be onej this
Roh