Francis James Child

“ I'll ga to the Tollbooth door wi thee.'
'O sleepst thou, wakest thow, Archie laddie?
O sleepst thou, wakest thow, dear billie?'
'I sleep but saft, I waken oft,
For the morn's the day that I man die.'
'Be o good cheer now, Archie lad,
Be o good cheer now, dear billie;
Work thow within and I without,
And the morn thou's dine at Cafield wi me.'
'O work, O work, Archie?' he cries,
'O work, O work? ther's na working for me ”

“ Until the lieutenant said he,
'Some men do ca him Dicky Ha,
Rides foremost of yon company.'
'O haste ye, haste ye!' said the leiutenant,
'Pursue with a' the might ye may!
For the man had needs to be well saint
That comes thro the hands o Dicky Ha.'
But up bespak Jock the laird,
'This has been a dearsome night to me;
I've a colt of four years old,
I wait he wannelld like the wind;
If ever he come to the deep,
He will plump down, leave me behind.'
'Wae light o thee and thy horse baith, Jock,
And even so thy horse and thee! ”

“ I wad go on to fair Dumfries, I wad loose my brother and set him free.'
So up bespak then Dicky Ha,
He was the wisest o the three:
'A hundre men we'll never get,
Neither for gold nor fee,
But some of them will us betray;
They'l neither fight for gold nor fee.
'Had I but ten well-wight men,
Ten o the best i Christenty,
I wad gae on to fair Dumfries,
I wad loose my brother and set him free.
'Jocky Ha, our cousin, 's be the first man'
(For leugh o Liddesdale cracked he) ”