The poetical works of Sir Alexander Boswell ... Now first collected and edited, with memoir, by Robert Howie Smith |
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Whereas, by the laws o' this realm,
And o' ev'ry well governed land,
To seize on anither man's geer,
(As the tangs ance a Highlandman fand)
And o' ev'ry well governed land,
To seize on anither man's geer,
(As the tangs ance a Highlandman fand)
And whether the thief, he be caught
In the fact, or be gruppit out-fang,
The law says expressly, and wisely,
That chiel by the thrapple shall hang.
In the fact, or be gruppit out-fang,
The law says expressly, and wisely,
That chiel by the thrapple shall hang.
And you, John Black, there, the pannel,
Ye robbit, assaulted and a',
And sae, gang till an assize, Sir,
And underlie pains o' the law.
Ye robbit, assaulted and a',
And sae, gang till an assize, Sir,
And underlie pains o' the law.
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