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No. XXXIII. (page 303.): The Souters of Selkirk at the Battle of Flodden Field, A Scottish Ballad of the Sixteenth Century. - Augustin Thierry, History of the Conquest of England by the Normans; Its Causes, and its Consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, & on the Continent, vol. 2 [1856]

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History of the Conquest of England by the Normans; Its Causes, and its Consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, & on the Continent, translated from the seventh Paris edition, by William Hazlitt (London: H.G. Bohn, 1856). In 2 volumes. Vol. 2.

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No. XXXIII. (page 303.)

The Souters of Selkirk at the Battle of Flodden Field, A Scottish Ballad of the Sixteenth Century.

    • Up wi’ the souters of Selkirk,
    • And down wi’ the earl of Home;
    • And up wi’ a’ the braw lads,
    • That sew the single-soled shoon.
    • 1 Fye upon yellow and yellow,
    • And fye upon yellow and green,
    • But up wi’ the true blue and scarlet,
    • And up wi’ the single-soled sheen.
    • Up wi’ the souters of Selkirk,
    • For they are baith trusty and leal;
    • And up wi’ the men o’ the Forest,
    • And down wi’ the Merse to the deil.

[1 ] Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, i. 234.