There was a battle in the north, And nobles there was many, And they hae kill'd Sir Charlie Hay, And they laid the wyte on Geordie. O he has written a lang letter, He sent it to his lady ...

A folk song handwritten by Robert Burns more than 230 years ago has fetched over £16,000 at auction. Burns sent the ballad “Geordie” to Edinburgh music collector James Johnson for inclusion in his ...