We fought them five glasses, but found it all in vain; You see she carries 18 guns and we’re sure for to be taken; Our captain cry’d, ‘What must we do? To strike it will be best; The cutter never will leave us until they see us lost.’ _We’ll go, etc._ Then seeing us an inferior force they unto us did shout, Saying, ‘You poor English dogs, why don’t you give it out?’ We found it was in vain to fight; down colours we did hawl; ‘Hoist out your boat and come aboard’ [unto] us, they did call. _We’ll go, etc._ O then our captain went aboard, and part of our noble crew. They beat the captain on the head and swore they would run him through; Now into their hold they put us, bound into irons strong, And for twelve days they kept us where we were thick and throng. _We’ll go, etc._ The first meal that they gave us was calavances and salt beef, Which made us curse fortune and wish for some relief; We lying in this condition, for Ireland Captain Ray in did push Unto the Irish Channel, where he was bound to cruise. _We’ll go, etc._ They had not cruised many days, but only four or five, Until they spied the _Friends_ brig and soon made her a prize; But cruising two days longer in breast of Boron Head, Which proved to our advantage, they took the _Jenny_ brig. _We’ll go, etc._ Ransom being made for her, it being all agreed For to knock off our irons and put us aboard with speed, We’re now on board the _Jenny_. To Glasgow she is bound, And to secure us from the press we landed in a Highland sound. _We’ll go, etc._. Now to our joy and comfort we’re landed all on shore, And to Newcastle we are bound, to see our friends once more. But travelling thro’ the Highlands, the people, very poor, They scarce would admit us to come within their door. _We’ll go, etc._ We being in this condition we travelled long and sore, But as we came to the southward more pity they did show, At last meeting with one John Robson, who proved very kind, And for three days he kept us and maintained us like a friend. _We’ll go, etc._ After this refreshment on our journey we do proceed, But coming near to Edinburgh we met a rogue indeed, Who pretended to be our friend, but [with] an evil eye, For then he did deceive us, as we in the barns did lie. _We’ll go, etc._ Next morning after two o’clock 50 of Neper’s gang Came with sword and pistol to take 10 naked men. They finding us able seamen, as we knew very well, They gave us such an offer as is a shame to tell. _We’ll go, etc._ Now we are all taken, and to Leith we do come Before Captain Neper to receive our doom. We were that night in two barns as we were ne’er before, Or we had broke some of these ruffians’ heads and made them for to roar. _We’ll go, etc._