A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc

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Marry gart rayse thi tardy Merns-merij,
An' AngiSj an' mony ane mair,
Erie Morton, and the Byres Lord Lindsay^
An campit at the hill o' Fare.
Erie Hiintly came wi' Haddo Gordone,
An' countit ane thusan men
But Murry had abien * twal hunder,
Wi' sax-score horsemen and ten.
They soundit the bougills and thi trurapits^
And marchit on in brave array.
Till the spiers an' the axis forgatherit.
An' then did begin thi fray.
Thi Gordones sae fercelie did fecht it,
Withouten terror or dreid.
That mony o' Murry's men lay gaspin'^,
An' dyit thi grund wi' their bleid.
Then fause Murry feingit to flee them^
An' they pursuit at his backe
Whan thi haf o' thi Gordones desertitj,
An' tm-nit wi' Murry in a crack.
Wi' hether i'thir bonnits they turnit,
T he traitor Haddo o their heid;
And flaid t theire brithers an' theire fatheris^
An' spoilit, an' left them for deid.
Then Murry cried, to tak thi aulde Gordone,
An' mony ane ran wi' speid ;
But Stuart o' Inchbraik had him stickit.
An' out gushit thi fat lurdane's J bleid.
* Above. t Affrighted. J Lordling's.