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382 Drawn frae their sheaths, glanst in the sun, And loud the bugils sound. To join his king, adoun the hill In haste his march he made, While, playand pibrochs, minstrells meit * Afore him stately strade.
383 ; ! O waefu' chance ! there pinned his hand In midst betwene his eene. " Revenge I revenge I" cryed Rothsay's heir " Your mail- coat sail nocht byde The strength and sharpness of my dart ;" Then set it throiigh his syde. Another arrow weil he marked It perst his neck in twa His hands then quat the silver reins He low as yird did fa'. ; — " Sair bleids my liege ! sair, sair he bleids !' Again, with micht, he drew, And gestm-e dreid, his sturdy bow Fast the braid arrow flew Wae to the knicht he ettled at !* Lament, now, Queen Elgreid Hie, dames, to wail your darling's fall, His youth and comely meid. « Tak afF, tak aff his costlie grife,"f (Of gold weil was it twyned, Knit like the fowler's net, throuch whilk His steilly harness shyned,) Take, Norse, that gift frae me, and bid Him venge the bluid it heirs ; Say, if he face my bended bow. He sure nae weapon feirs." Proud Norse, with giant hody tall, Braid shoulder, and arms strong; Cried, " Whair is Hardyknute sae famed, And feired at Britain's throne ? Though Britons tremble at his name, I sune sail mak him wail * Aimed at. t Upper garment. : ;
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SCOTTISH BALLADS.
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: > QIqaa.- U Cj . THE SCOTTISH BAL
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PREFACE. Since the publication of a
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Ill is deprecated by the antiquary,
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INTRODUCTORY. The Ballads forming t
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Hume, of Godscroft, in his History
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are, indeed, only referable to the
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Jock o' the Syde, Jock of Hazelgree
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SCOTTISH BALLADS. PART FIRST.
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4 The king has written a braid lett
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The anchors brak, and the tap-masts
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9 ; ; — ; " O sleep ye, or wake y
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11 " What news, what news, ye silly
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13 Now he is on to the North Inch g
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15 He has chosen the Lindsays licht
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17 ; ; ; Yet I will stay at Otterbo
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19 O bury me by the braken-busb, Be
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21 Ciyand the coronach * on hie, Al
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23 And, furthermair, he sent expres
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25 The armies met, the trumpet soun
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27 The Lord Saltone of Rothiemay, A
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29 ; ; YOUNG WATERS. About Yule, wh
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31 ; ; " It is tauld me, the day, S
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33 ; ; For slie may curse the dowie
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35 JOHNIE ARMSTRANG * Some speikis
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37 ; ! ! ; ; " Grant me my life, my
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39 I wad hae keepit the Border side
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41 For Michael o' Wingfield he is d
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43 They fand their tree three ells
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Says : 45 " Honest man, will the wa
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47 For be had left nae gear to stea
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49 Yet he's come up to the fair ha'
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51 Dick o' the Cow has awa twa hors
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63 " But what gar'd ye steal the La
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55 " And tak thee thae twa as gude
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57 ; : ; ; ; ; And Anton Shiel he l
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59 Then they hae taen brave Hobbie
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61 ; ; : ; ! Tbey band his legs ben
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63 With spur on heel, and splent on
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65 Now sound out, trumpets I" quo'
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67 All sore astonished stood Lord S
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69 He fell into a rage of wrath, An
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71 I canna luik on that bonnie face
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73 The Elliots, their honours to ra
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75 — ; " A Schafton and a Fenwick
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7T ; ; ; The SheriiF wanted not gli
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79 " Now wae be to you, Hmitly I An
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81 ; ; ; :
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83 May Margaret has taen the king's
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85 THE BURNING OF FRENDRAUGHT.* The
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87 'Twill be a token of gude greeme
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89 " The fish shall swim the flood
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91 When birds forsook the sapless b
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m That there fell out a great dispu
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95 The dearest blude o' a' thy kin
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97 Then wicked Claverse turn'd abou
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99 For I'll no yield it, To ony man
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SCOTTISH BALLADS. FART SECOND. SUPP
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105 And when the morning licht cam
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107 — ; ; Except the screeching o
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109
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— in THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY* " Rise
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113 — And down the stream ran his
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115 That will gae to Lord Bernaid's
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lit « I brocht it to Lord Bernard'
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119 And he has taen Gil Morrice' he
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121 Marie Hamilton to the kirk is g
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123 ^< Ride booly, ride hooly, now,
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125 But now I've gotten for my rewa
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12T ; ; ; ; ; ; And washed the blud
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129 THE LAIRD OF WARISTOUN.* DouN b
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131 I'll learn you a ' riclit skeel
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133 And on yon holding hill strike
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135 When he began to court my luve,
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137 — ; Perhaps at death ; for wh
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139 ^is trumpeter rode him before,
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141 True love alone the heart has w
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143 When Andrew hame from Edinburgh
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145 ; : As sune as they saw her wee
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U7 They biggit a bouir on yon burn-
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149 When Brackley was buskit, and r
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. — 151 And waly, waly, by yon bu
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153 Oh, Martimas wind, when wilt th
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155 Wheii I rose up, then, in the m
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157 " The lintie is a bonnie bird,
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159 Lizie Baillie to Gartartan went
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161 Now, wae be to the silly chield
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163 ; ; I wat the tears burst frae
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165 She beltit him with his noble b
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167 She kissed his lips and kamed h
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160 Too rashly bold, a stronger arm
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171 ! — ! Pale as he is, here lay
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173 O came ye by yon water side ? P
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175 I'll seek thy body in the strea
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117 They rade till they cam to Ball
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SCOTTISH BALLADS. PART THIRD. Mommx
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182 And therefore for nae venison,
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184 If this be true, thou silly aul
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186 : ; : ; They made a rod o' the
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; 188 The youngest o' your sevin so
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190 ; ; ; " O yeVe welcome hame, my
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192 And I mysell a bluidy grew-houi
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194 : : ; ; " The corn is turning r
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196 ; ; :
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198 To go into chamber with any lad
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200 ; ! ; ; ; ; ; Richt hastilie he
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: 202 ; ! ; THE GAY GOSS HAWK. O wa
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204 ; ; ; ; And four and twenty fai
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206 ; " Then, gin I die in Southern
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208 At the second kirk of fair Scot
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210 " I'll come and gae by Carterha
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212 And I'm a fairy, lyth and limb
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^14 But baud me fast, let me not pa
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216 And first she gaed by the black
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218 But aye she poued the other ber
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220 — ; And I wonder aye what ail
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222 Now when he came before the kin
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924 ; : ; ; " Win up, win up, now,
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226 O wha will kame my yellow hair,
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228 ; ; And she's gane to that cast
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230 Tak doun, tak doun, thae sails
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232 MAY COLLEAN.* Oh, heard ye of a
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234 Cast aff, cast aff, your Hollan
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236 tJp then bespake her father dea
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238 ; ; : And ye may swear, and sav
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240 ; ; She wrung her hands, and to
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242 And if I kiss thy comely mouth,
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244 : ; ; That the clocks and wanto
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246 And it's but my spirit, Margare
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248 ; ; " If we maun part this love
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For it was washen late yestreen^ An
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253 Bid her be kind to my young son
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254 : ; " Oh, long long is the wint
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256 ; ; " We hae been seeking young
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258 She hadna seen him, young Hunti
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260 ; ; ; " Unbuckle your belt, Sir
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262 " The water weets my tae," she
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264 Lord Weirie got a bomiie ship,
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266 " He winna still, fair lady, Le
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268 Nae kindly voice cam frae withi
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270 The nut-brown maid has sheep an
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272 For we maun gang to Marie's kir
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274 O where gat ye that water, Anni
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276 ; ; The waxen lichts were burni
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278 Before to-morrow at eiglit o'cl
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280 Fair Margaret died for pure tru
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282 : : : ; : Bethink thee, William
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284 ; ; O we'll sit on his bonnie b
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286 1 wadna be your licht leman, Fo
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288 For I'm her brother, Childe Eth
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290 " O hey, how mony small pennies
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2D2 There is riae lady that sees yo
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294 " O gin ye wad marry my sister,
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296 She hadna weel gane up the stai
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298 THE TWA SISTERS. There were twa
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: 300 You couldna see her fingers s
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302 *' The guid steed that I ride u
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304. When he cam to Clyde water, 'T
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306 THE LOCHMABEN HARPER.* O HEARD
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308 He slippit it ower the Wanton's
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310 His father was a richte good lo
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312 " Let's drink, and rant, and me
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314 ; : ; ; ; ; : ; Sorely shent wi
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316 Some time a good fellow thou ha
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318 ; : ; When by there came a gard
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320 I spied a ladye in a wood, Maki
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322 " Young Hazelgreen he is my lov
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; 324 ; ! " I diued wi' my true lov
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326 EDWARD, EDWARD.* a Why does you
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328 ; ; " And what will ye leave to
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330 And ye may gie my brother John
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Page 364 and 365: 340 But set his bent bow to his bre
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Page 368 and 369: 344 " Glenlogie, Glenlogie, an you
Page 370 and 371: U6 And word's gane to the Clerk him
Page 372 and 373: 348 " Ye sail hae your faith and tr
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Page 385 and 386: 361 THE MERMAID OF GALLOWAY. ALLAN
Page 387 and 388: 363 Her kame was o' the whitely pea
Page 389 and 390: 365 : ! ; How rosie are thy parting
Page 391 and 392: 367 She weaved ower his brow^the wh
Page 393 and 394: 369 But the lovelie biyde o' Gallow
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Page 413 and 414: 389 Where the Douglas true, and the
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Page 417 and 418: 393 What news, what news from Ancru
Page 419 and 420: 395 — ; That nun, who ne'er behol
Page 421 and 422: INDEX. About Yule, when tlie wind b
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