| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Border Ballad | | By Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| | | MARCH, 1 march, Ettrick and Teviotdale, | |
| Why the deil dinna ye march forward in order? | |
| March, march, Eskdale and Liddesdale, | |
| All the Blue Bonnets are bound for the Border. | |
| Many a banner spread, | 5 |
| Flutters above your head, | |
| Many a crest that is famous in story. | |
| Mount and make ready then, | |
| Sons of the mountain glen, | |
| Fight for the Queen and our old Scottish glory. | 10 |
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| Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing, | |
| Come from the glen of the buck and the roe; | |
| Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing, | |
| Come with the buckler, the lance, and the bow. | |
| Trumpets are sounding, | 15 |
| War-steeds are bounding, | |
| Stand to your arms and march in good order; | |
| England shall many a day | |
| Tell of the bloody fray, | |
| When the Blue Bonnets came over the Border. | 20 |
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