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1 NONE Johnny Armstrong IS there ever a Man in all Scotland / From the highest Estate to the lowest Degree Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 702 Johnny Armstrongs Last Good Night. / Declaring how Johnny Armstrong and his Eightscore / Men fought a bloody Battle with the K of Edinburg Johnny Armstrongs Last Good Night. Declaring how Johnny Armstrong and his Eightscore Men fought a bloody Battle with the King of Edinburg Johnny Armstrong's Last Good Night. Declaring how Johnny Armstrong and his Eightscore Men fought a bloody Battle with the King of Edinburgh. ?-?

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IS there ever a Man in all Scotland From the highest Estate to the lowest Degree That can show himself before our King, Scotland is so full of treachery. Yes there is a Man in Westmoreland, And Johnny Armstrong they do him call, He has no Lands no Rents coming in, Yet he keeps Eightscore Men with in his Hall. He has Horse and Harness for them all, And goodly Steeds that be milk-white, With goodly Belts about their Necks, with Hats and Feathers all alike. The King he wrote a loving Letter, And with his own Hand so tenderly And sent it unto Johnny Armstrong, To come and speak with him speedily. When John he lookt this Letter upon, Good Lord, he was as blith as a Bird in a Tree I never was before a King in my Life, My Father, my Grandfather, nor none of us Three But seeing we must go before the King, Lord, we will go most gallantly,
Ye shall everyone have a Velvet Cap Laid down with Golden Laces three And ye shall everyone have a Scarlet Cloak Laid down with Golden Laces five. With your Golden Belts about your Necks With Hats and Feathers all alike But when John he went from Guiltknock-hall the wind it blew and full hard it did Rain Now fare thee well thou Guiltknock-hall I fear I shall never see thee again Now Johnny is to Edinburgh gone, with his Eightscore Men so gallantly, And every of them on a milk-white Steed with Bucklers and Swords hanging to their Knee. But when John came the King before with his Eightscore Men so gallant to see The King he moved his Bonnet to him, He thought he had been a King as well as he He thought he had been a King as well as he O pardon O pardon my Sovereign Liege, Pardon for my Eightscore men and me For my Name it is Johnny Armstrong, and a subject of yours my Liege, said he. Away with thee, thou false Traytor, No pardon will I grant to thee, But tomorrow Morning by Eight of the Clock, I will hang up thy Eightscore Men and thee Then Johnny lookt over his left Shoulder and to his merry Men thus said he I have asked Grace of a graceless Face No Pardon there is for thee nor me. Then John pull'd out his good broad Sword that was made of Mettal so free, Had not the King moved his Foot as he did, John had taken his Head from his fair Body Come follow me my merry Men all we will scorn one Foot to fly, it shall never be said we were hang'd like Dogs, we will fight it out so manfully.
Then they fought on like Champions bold For their Hearts were sturdy stout and free Till they had kill'd all the King's own Guards, there was none left alive but two or three But then rose up all Edi[n]borough they rose up by Thousands three, a cowardly Scot came John behind, and run him through the fair Body Said John fight on my merry Men all I am a little wounded, but am not slain, I will lay me down to bleed a-while then I'll rise and fight with you again. Then they fought on like mad Men all, till many a Man lay dead on the Plain, For they were resolv'd before they'd yield, that every Mon would there be slain. So there they fought couragiously, till most of them lay dead there and slain, But little Musgrove that was his Foot-page with his bonny Grissel got away unta'en But when he came to Guiltknock-hall, the Lady espied him presently what News, what News thou little Foot-page, what News from thy Master and his Company. My News is bad; Lady he said, which I do bring, as you may see My Master Johnny Armstrong is slain and all his gallant Company. Yet thou art welcome my bonny Grissel, Full oft thou hast been fed with Corn and Hay, But now thou shalt be fed with Bread and Wine, and thy Sides shall be spurr'd no more I say. O then bespoke his little Son, as he sat on his Nurses Knee, if ever I live to be a Man, my Fathers Death reveng'd shall be.
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