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T88 AS me and my Marrow was ganning to wark; / We met with the Devil it was in the dark; O Lad ly away, canny Lady Oh! | Follow the Horses &c. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 352 The Colliers Rant. The Colliers Rant. The Collier's Rant. ?-?

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AS me and my Marrow was ganning to wark; We met with the Devil it was in the dark; I up with my pick, it being in the Neit, [I] knockd off his Horns likewise his Club feet. Follow the horses, Johnny my Lad Oh! Follow them through my canny Lad Oh! Follow the horses, Johnny my Lad Oh! Oh Lad ly away, canny Lad Oh! As me and my Marrow was putting the tram, The low it went out and my marrow went wrang You would have laughd had you seen the Gam The Deil gat my marraw but I gat the Tram. Follow the Horses etc. Oh Marrow, Oh Marrow what dost thou think, Ive broken my bottle and spilt a my drink. I lost a my shin splints amang the great stanes. Draw me t the shaft its time to gane hame. Follow the Horses etc. Oh! marrow Oh! marrow where hast thou been; Driving the drift from off the low seam, Driving the drift etc Had up the low lad, Deil stop out thy een. Follow the Horses etc. Oh! marrow, Oh! marrow this is wor pay week, Well get penny loaves and drink to our beek; And well fill up our bumper and round it shall go. Follow the horses Johnny lad Oh! Follow the horses etc. There is my horse, and there is my tram; Twee horns full of grease will make her to gang; There is my hoggars, likewise my half shoon, And smash my heart marrow, my puttings a done. Follow the horses my Johnny Lad Oh! Follow them through my canny Lad Oh! Follow the horse Johnny my Lad Oh! Oh! lad ly away, canny Lad Oh!