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Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ...

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20<br />

He has pou'd* out a hundred pounds,<br />

Weel lockitf in a glove;<br />

— !<br />

" Gin ye be a courteous may,<br />

Ye'll chose anither love."<br />

"What care I for your hundred pounds?<br />

Nae mair than ye wad for mine;<br />

What's a hundred pounds to me,<br />

To a marriage wi' a king<br />

"I'll hae nane o* your gowd,<br />

Nor either o* your fee;<br />

But I will hae your ain bodie,<br />

The king has grantit me."<br />

"O was ye gentle gotten, maid?<br />

Or was ye gentle born?<br />

Or hae ye onie gerss| growin'?<br />

Or hae ye onie corn?<br />

Or hae ye onie l<strong>and</strong>s or rents,<br />

Lying at libertie?<br />

* Poud—pulled. f Lockit—enclosed.<br />

J Gerss—grass.

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