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

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Johnie shot, and the dun deer lap,*
And he's woundit him in the side
And atween the water and the wud,f
He laid the dun deer's pride, pride,
He laid the dun deer's pride.
They ate sae meikle:]: o' the venison,
And drank sae meikle o' the hlude,§
That Johnie and his twa gray hunds,
Fell asleep in yonder wud, wud,
Fell asleep in yonder wud.
By there cam a silly auld man,
And a silly auld man was he;
And he's aff to the proud foresters,
To tell what he did see, see,
To tell what he did see.
' What news, what news, my silly auld man,
What news, come tell to me?"
Lap—leapt. \ Wud—wood. \ Sae meikle—so much.
§ Blade—blood.
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