The cordis, baith grit and lang, Quhilk hangit Johnnie Armstrang, Of gud hempt, soft and sound.
Gud haly pepill, I stand ford, Quhavir beis hangit in this cord, Neidis nevir to be dround!
Sicken like mercie sall ye have, 275 On gallows ye sall hangit be!
Quod he, “Quhair ar yone hangit smaix[1020] Rycht now wald slane my bruder?
Heir is ane coird baith great and lang Quhilk hangit Johne the Armistrang,[501] Of gude hemp, soft and sound.
Gude halie peopill, I stand for’d, Quha-ever beis hangit with this cord Neids never to be dround.
I trow ye will be ta'en the night, "And hangit i' the morning.
Ye 's get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred poun To see ye hangit hie.
O gif he be a married man, High hangit shall he be, But gif he be a bachelor, His body I'll grant thee.
If they hae lain wi my twa daughters, Meg an Marjorie, The morn, or I taste meat or drink, They shall be hangit hie.
Lankin was hangit hie, And the fause nourice burnt in the caudron was she.
And he has taen him Gib, his man, And he has hangd him hie, And he's hangit him oer his ain yate, As high as high could be.
But gin it be a lie you tell, You sal be hangit hie.
If it be to Thomas o' Winesberrie, As I trust well it be, Before I either eat or drink, Hie hangit sall he be.
Bonny sang yon bird, as he sat upon the tree, But sare grat Lankin, for he was hangit hie.
Then tak ye tent now, Gib, my man, My bidden for to dee; And but an ye wauken me in time, Ye sall be hangit hie.
Up spak the king himsel, An angry man was he: The morn eer I eat or drink Hie hangit sall he be.
He wes off his eschap sary; 65 And swour in ire, full stalwartly, That he suld drawyn and hangit be.
XXVI But Robyn toke out a two-hond sworde, That hangit down be his kne; Ther as the Schereff and his men stode thyckust, Thethurwarde wolde he.
For taking to thee my daughter Jean High hangit shalt thou be.
LIX ‘Siccan[530] like mercy sall ye have; On gallows ye sall hangit be!
Vpon the bawk thai hangit mony par, 225 Be sid thaim ded in the nuk kest thaim thar.
Item, to the man that hangit the thieves at the Hallirlaws,--xiiijs.
Item, to the man thathangit the thieves in Canonby, be the King's command .
Sicken like mercie sall ye have; On gallows ye sall hangit be!
Then for their life ye sair shall dree: Ye sall be hangit on a tree, 70 Or thrown into the poison'd lake, To feed the toads and rattle-snake.
If they hae wranged my twa dauchters, Janet and Marjorie, The morn, ere I taste meat or drink, Hie hangit they shall be.
Let his foul carcase be taen awa', and hangit on a gibbet on the hill where Malkin Tower aince stood, as a warning to a' sic heinous offenders.
We hae hangit a Highland cateran without trial afore this, and we may be tempted to tak the law into our ain hands again.
But," continued Gager Tramp, "thinkest thou the daughter o' yon hangit body isna as rank a witch as ho?
The woman quite recovered, lived for many years, and had several children, but she was known for the rest of her life as "Half-hangit Maggie Dickson.
O haud your tongue now, lady fair, Forsooth, and so it sall na be; Were he but the one Graham of the name, He suld be hangit high for me.
O gif he be a married man, High hangit shall he be, But gif he be a bachelor, His body I’ll grant thee.
If they hae lain wi’ my twa daughters, Meg and Marjorie, The morn, or I taste meat or drink, They shall be hangit hie.
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