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Quo’ Cochrane’s undaunted Grizzy!

The Warlocks are dancing threesome reels,

On Goswick’s haunted links,

The red fire shoots by Ladythorne,

And Tam wi’ the Lanthorne falls and sinks.

On Kyloe’s hills there’s awful sounds,

But they frighted not Cochrane’s Grizzy!

The moon beams shot from the troubled sky,

In glints of flickering light,

The horseman came skelping thro’ the mire,

For his mind was in affright:

His pistol cocked he held in his hand,

But the sient a fear had Grizzy!

As he came fornents the Fenwicke woods,

From the whin-bushes shot out a flame;

His dappled filly reared up in affright,

And backward over he came;

There’s a hand on his craig, and a foot on his mouth,

’Twas Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy!

“I will not take thy life,” she said,

“But give me thy London news;

No blood of thine shall syle my blad,

Gin me ye dinna refuse:”

She’s prie’d the warrant, and away she flew,

With the speed and strength of the wild curlew!

Love will make a foe grow kind,

Love will bring blossom where bud is naught.