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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

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96 MINSTRELSY OF<br />

" I charge ye all, ye mariners,<br />

" That sail upon <strong>the</strong> sea,<br />

" Let nei<strong>the</strong>r my fa<strong>the</strong>r nor mo<strong>the</strong>r get wit<br />

" This dog's death I'm to die.<br />

" For if my fa<strong>the</strong>r and mo<strong>the</strong>r got wit,<br />

" And my bold brethren three,<br />

" O mickle wad be <strong>the</strong> gude red blude<br />

" This day wad be spilt for me !<br />

" O little did my mo<strong>the</strong>r ken,<br />

" The day she cradled me,<br />

" The lands I was to travel in,<br />

" Or <strong>the</strong> death I was to die !"

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