Scott was born and brought up at Oarnlee
Scott was born and brought up at Oarnlee, in the picturesque parish of Canonbie, in Dumfriesshire, within a few miles distance from the roofless tower of Gilnockie, the ancient stronghold of the noted border free-booter, Johnny Armstrong, of whose tragic fate in the presence of the Scottish king, the old minstrel thus sings:
But then rose up all Edenborough,
They rose up by thousands three;
A cowardly Scot came John behind,
And run him through the fair bodye.
They rose up by thousands three;
A cowardly Scot came John behind,
And run him through the fair bodye.
Said John, "Fight on my merry men all,
I am a little wounded, but not slain;
I will lay me down to bleed a while,
Then I'll rise, and fight with you again."
I am a little wounded, but not slain;
I will lay me down to bleed a while,
Then I'll rise, and fight with you again."
Source: Wrestlings and Wrestlers
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