A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc

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His king and his country and a', toan.
Pretending Mar might
CJve order to fight.
To the right of the army awa*, manr
And we ran, and they ran, &c.
Then Laurie for fear.
Of what he might hear.
Took Drummond's best horse and awa', mai;>,
Instead of going to Perth,
He crossed the Firth,
Alongst Stirling bridge and awa', man
And we ran, and they ran, &c.
To London he press'd.
And there he address'd.
That he behav'd best of 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, Szc.
In Borrowstounness
He resides with disgrace,
Till his neck stands in need of a dra', man,
And then, in a tether,
He'll swing from a ladder.
Go off the stage with a pa', man
And we ran, and they ran, &c.
was broke, and desiring the General to retire with all the expedition
possible, and in the best order he could. Upon
which General Hammilton gave orders to slacken the attack,
which was obey'd. Then the Duke's right approaching, the
most of them gave way without striking a stroke, and those
who stood were mostly gentlemen and officers, who were severely
gall'd by the Duke; and they pretend that Drummond,
after performing this treacherous part, went over to the
Duke."—Campbell's Life of John Dukeof Argyle.
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