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

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LOUDOUN CASTLE.
3loutciutt (Kastte.
It fell about the Martinmas time,
When the wind blew snell and cauld,
That Adam o' Gordon said to his men,
When will we get a hold.
See not where yonder fair castle
Stands on yon Uly lee
The laird and I hae a deadly feud,
The lady fein would I see.
As she was up on the househead,
Behold on looking down
She saw Adam o' Gordon and his men
Coming riding to the town.
The dinner was not well set down.
Nor the grace was scarcely said.
Till Adam o' Gordon and his men
About the walls were laid.
It's fause now fa thee, Jock my man,
Thou might a' let me be ;
Yon man has lifted the pavement stone,
An' let in the loun to me.
Seven years I served thee, fair ladie,
You gave me meat and fee
But now I am Adam o'
An' maun either do it or die.
Gordon's man.
Come down, come down, my lady Loudoun,
Come down thou unto me
I'll wrap thee on a feather bed.
Thy warrand I shall be.
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