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Then Lowtie for fear of what hr might hear, Took Drummond’s beft horfe and awa' man ; Inftead of going to Perth he crofs’d the Firth, Alongft Stirling-Bridge and awa’ man, And we ran, and they ran, &c.

To London he preft, and there he adreft. That he behav’d beft of them a’ man, And there without ftrife he got fettled for life, A hundred a year to his fa’ man. And we ran, and they ran, &c.

Tn Borrow ftonefs he refides with difgrsce, Ttll his neck ftand in need of a draw man, And then in a teather he’ll dance from a ladder. Go of the ftage with a fa’ man And we ran, and the ran, &c.

Rob Roy ftood watch on a hill for to catch The booty for ought that I fa’ man, For he never flinch’d from the place he ftaunch’d Till no more was to do there at a’ man, For they ran, and we ran, &c.

So we all took the flight, and Moubry the wight, But Lethem the fmith was a bra’ man, For he took the gout, which truly was wit. Judging it time to withdraw man, And we ran, and they ran, &c.

And Trumpet Marine, whofe breeks were not clean, Thro’ misfortune he happen’d to fa’ man