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

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If I e'er rin against my will,
It shall be at a lover's ca'."
Sir Arthur's turn'd him round about,
E'en as the lady spak'
An' thrice he dighted his dim e'e,
An' thrice he stepped back.
But ae blink o' her bonnie e'e,
Out spake his Lady Anne
An' he's catch 'd her by the waist sae sma',
Wi' the gripe of a drowning man.
" O ! Lady
Anne, thy bed's been hard.
O !
When I thought it the down ;
Lady Anne, thy love's been deep,
When I thought it was flown.
" I've met my love in the green wood—
My foe on the brown hill
But I ne'er met wi' aught before
I liked sae weel—an' ill.
" O ! I could make a queen o' thee.
An' it would be my pride ;
But, Lady Anno, it's no for thee
To be an outlaw's bride."
" Ha'e I left kith an' kin. Sir Knight,
To turn aboiit an' rue
Ha'e I shared win' and weet wi' thee,
That I maun leave thee noAV
" There's goud an' siller in this han'
Will buy us mony a rigg ;
There's pearlings in this other han'
A stately tow'r to big.
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