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

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She has set her back until a brier
All alone, and alonie;
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Bonnie were the twa boys she did bear,
Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie.
But out she's tane a little penknife
All alone, and alonie;
And she's parted them and their sweet life,
Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie.
She's aff unto her father's ha'
All alone, and alonie;
She seem'd the leal est* maiden amang them a',
Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie.
As she lookit our the castle wa'
All alone, and alonie;
She spied twa bonnie boys playing at the ba'
Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie.
" O an thae twa babes were mine"
All alone, and alonie;
* Lealest—truest.