[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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JOHNIE FAA.
" Yestreen I lay in a weel-made bed,
Wi' my gude lord beside me ;
This night I'll lie in a tenant's barn,
Whatever shall betide me."
" Come to youL" bed," says Johnie Faa
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" O Come to yom* bed, my dearie ;
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For I vow and I swear by the hilt of my sword,
That your lord shall nae mair come near ye !"
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" I'll go to bed to my Johnie Faa
I'll go to bed to my dearie ;
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For I vow and I swear by the fan in my hand,
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That my lord shall nae mair come near me."
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" I'll mak' a hap to my Johnie Faa ; {
I'll mak' a hap to my dearie ;
And he's get a' the sash gaes round,
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And my lord shall nae mair come near me."
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And when our lord cam' hame at e'en,
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And speired for his fair lady,
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The tane she cried, and the tither replied,
" She's awa' with the gipsy laddie."
" Gae saddle to me the black black steed,
Gae saddle and mak' him ready ;
Before that I either eat or sleep,
I'll gae seek my fair lady."
And we were fifteen weel-made men,
Although we were na bonnie ;
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And we were a' put down for ane,
A fair young wanton lady.
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There are several versions of this ballad, but the above is decidedly the
best. It is, besides, the one familiar in Ayrshire, and may therefore be
presumed the most correct. The version entitled, " Gypsie Davie," pub-
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