Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

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92 MINSTRELSY OF
She hadna been about the Kings's court
A month, but barely one,
Till she was beloved by a' the King''s court,
And the King the only man.
She hadna been about the King's court
A month, but barely three.
Till frae the King's court Marie Hamilton,
Marie Hamilton durst na be.
The King is to the Abbey gane.
To pu' the abbey tree.
To scale the babe frae Marie's lieart
But th e thing it wadna be.
O she has row'd it in her apron.
And set it on the sea,
" Gae sink ye, or swim ye, bonny babe,
" Ye's get na mair o' me.""
Word is to the kitchen gane,
And word is to the ha'.
And word is to the noble room,
Amang the ladyes a'.
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