Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

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" gin ye sulci kill him, Fause Foodrage,
*' You would do but what was right
" For I wot he kill'd your father dear,
" Or ever ye saw the light.
And gin ye suld kill him, Fause Foodrage,
" There is no man durst you blame ;
For he keeps your mother a prisoner,
" And she darna take ye hame."
The boy stared wild like a gray goss-hawk
Says— " AVhat may a' this mean P""
" My boy, ye are King Honour's son,
" And your mother''s our lawful Queen."
" O gin I be King Honour's son,
" By Oiu- Ladye I sweai",
" This night I will that traitor slay,
" And relieve mv mother dear !"
He has set his bent bow to his breast.
And leaped the castell wa'
And soon he has seized on Fause Foodrage,
Wlia loud for help 'gan ca\
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