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If ye wad be sae guid and kind,
As to show me the way to gang."
" If ye binna* the Laird o' Lochnie's lands.
Nor nane o' his degree,
I will show a nearer road
The glen waters to keep ye frae."
" Fm na the Laird o' Lochnie's lands,
Nor nane o' his degree;
But I am as brave a knicht,
And ride aft in his companie.
Hae ye na pity on me, pretty maid,
Hae ye na pity on me;
Hae ye na pity on my puir steed ,
That stands trembling by yon tree?"
" What pity wad ye hae, kind sir,
What pity wad ye hae frae me?
Tho' your steed has neither corn nor hay,
It has gerss at libertie."
* Binna—he not
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