Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

THE SCOTTISH r.ouDEii.
Says—" Well met, well mot, true I'iioinas !
" Some uncouth lerlies shew to me;'
Says—" Christ thee save, Corspatrick brave !
'' Thrice welcome, good Dunbar, to me !
" Light down, light down, Corspatrick brave,
" And I will shew thee curses three,
" Shall gar fair Scotland greet and grane,
" And change the green to the black livery.
A storm shall roar this very hour,
" From Rosse's Hills to Solway sea."
Ye lied, ye Ued, ye warlock hoar 1
" For the sun shines sweet on fauld and lea.
He put his hand on the Earlie's head
He shew"d him a rock, beside the sea,
Where a king lay stift' beneath his steed,*
And steel-dight nobles wiped their eV.
" The neist curse lights on Branxton hills
" By Flodden's high and heathery side,
" Shall w^ave a banner red as blude,
" And chieftains throng wi' meikle pride.
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King Alexander, killed by a fall from his horse, near Kinghorn.