...weel hie, Till out bespak auld Gibby Elliot — " Whae's this that brings the fraye to me r" " Its I, Jamie Telfer o' the fair Dodhead, " And a harried man I think I be ! " There's naething left at the fair Dodhead, " But a waefu' wife and bairnies three." " Gar seek your succour...

...the stirring incidents of a Border gathering are brought before us at once : — " Alack for wao !" quoth the gude auld lord, " And ever my heart is wae for thee ! But rye, gar cry on Willie, my son, And see that he corno to mo apecdilie ! Gar warn the water, braid and...

...cried weel hie, Till out bespak auld Gibby Elliot— " Whae's this that brings the fraye to me ?" " It's I, Jamie Telfer o' the fair Dodhead, " And a harried man I think I be ! " There's naething left at the fair Dodhead, " But a waefu' wife and bairnies three." " Gae seek your succour...

...cried weel hie, Till out bespak auld Gibby Elliot — " Whae's this that. brings the fraye to me ?" " It's I, Jamie Telfer o' the fair Dodhead, " And a harried man I think I be ! " There's naething left at the fair Dodhead, " But a waefu' wife and bairnies three." " Gae seek your succour...

...cried weel hie, Till out bespak auld Gibby Elliot— " Whae's this that brings the fraye to me ?" " It's I, Jamie Telfer o' the fair Dodhead, " And a harried man I think I be ! " There's naething left at the fair Dodhead, " But a waefu'.wife and bairnies three." " Gae seek your succour...

...weel hie, Till out bespak auld Gibby Elliot — " Whae's this that brings the fraye to me ? " — " It's I, Jamie Telfer, o' the fair Dodhead, And a harried man I think I be ! There's naething left at the fair Dodhead, But a waefu' wife and bairnies three." " Gae seek your succour at...

...cried weel hie, Till out bespak auld Gihby Elliott— " Whae's this that brings the fraye to me ?"— " It's I, Jamie Telfer, o' the fair Dodhead, And a harried man I think I be 1 "here's iiaelhiiig lefl at the fair Dodhead, But a waefu' wife and bairnice three." Gae seek your...

...Sprinkling. Till out bespak auld Gibby Elliot— " Whae's this that brings the fraye to me? " — " It's I, Jamie Telfer, o' the fair Dodhead, And a harried man I think I be! There's naething left at the fair Dodhead, But a waefu' wife and bairnies three." "Gae seek your succour at...

...hie, Till up and spak him auld Bnccleuch, Said—' Wliac'n this brings the fraye to me?'— ' It'« `Sx 1 be,' " *c. Bonier Mimlrelty, vol. ii. p. 8. 4 An inroad commanded by the Warden in person. • "The...

...me?" — " It's I, Jamie Telfer o' the1 fair Dodhead, A harried man I trow I be. "There's naething left in the fair Dodhead, But a greeting wife and bairnies three, And sax poor ca'st stand in the sta', A" routing loud for their miiinie."— t "Alack a wae!" quo'...