...the 6th Edward VI.— S. And the Muckle toun-bell o' Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, 95 And before it's carried o'er the Border, mony a man's...Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. ROOKHOPE RYDE. " A BISHOPRIC Border song, composed in 1569, taken down from the chanting of George...

...the 6th Edward VL— S. And the Muckle toun-bell o' Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, 95 And before it's carried o'er the Border, mony a man's...Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. EOOKHOPE RYDE. " A BISHOPRIC Border song, composed in 1569, taken down from the chanting of George...

...Are coming down by the Siller-strand, ' rig,' ridge. And the Muckle toun-bell o' Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, And before it's carried o'er...Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. LV ftfitp o' ' 0 WHERE hae ye been, my lang-lost lover, This lang seven years and mair ? ' ' O I'm...

...when Deputy- Warden-General, in the 6tb Edward VL— S. And the Muckle toun-bell o' Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, And before it's carried o'er...Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. ROOKHOPE RYDE. " A BISHOPRIC Border song, composed in 1569, taken down from the chanting of George...

...when Deputy- Warden-General, in the 6th Edward VL— S. And the Muckle toun-bell o' Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, And before it's carried o'er...Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. ROOKHOPE KYDE. " A BISHOPRIC Border song, composed in 1569, taken down from the chanting of George...

...a' his band, Are corning down by the Siller-strand, And the Muckle toun-bell o' Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, And before it's carried o'er...Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. CARLISLE YETTS. ["An old lady of Dumfriesshire," says Allan Cunningham, " often mentioned to me the...

...shin-bane has run down on his spur-leather whang : He's lame while he lives, and where'er he may gang. Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. But Peenye, my gude son, is out at the Hagbut-head, His een glittering for anger like a fiery gleed...

...Wharton, when Deputy Warden General, in the 6th Edward VI. And the Muckle toun-bell o* Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, And before it's carried o'er...Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a" a', My gear's a' gane. NOTE A. — The sentinels, who, by the March laws, were planted upon the Border each night, had usually...

...and a' his band. Are coming down by the Siller-strand. And the Muckle toun-bell o' Carlisle is rung : My gear was a' weel won, And before it's carried o'er...man's gae down. Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear 's a' gane. 1 Sari— Shirt. 1 According to the late (Jlenrid lei's notes on this ballad, the...

...takes by nooks, hooks, and crooks. Gin we meet a' together in a head the morn, Well be merry men.' Fy, lads ! shout a' a' a' a' a', My gear's a' gane. • •**#»»» Captain Musgrave and a' his band, Are coming down by the Siller-strand, And the muckle...