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CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST. Part I.—BALLADS. HisToaiCAj.. Pagti Sir Patrick Spens, 4 Hardyknute, 8 Gude Wallace, 20 Battle of Otterbourne, 23 The Battle of Harlaw, 31 Johnie Armstrang, 40 The Battle of Corichie, 49 Edom o' Gordon, 54 The Battle of Reidswire, 60 Dick o' the Cow, 67 Jock o' the Side, 77 Hobbie Noble, 83 The Bonnie Earl o' Murray, 89 The Young Laird of Ochiltrie, 93 FrennetHa', 97 The Battle of Killicrankie, 103 The Chevalier's Muster RoU, 109 The Battle of SherifF-muir-, 112
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Page 3: THE GLEN COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH MUS
Page 7 and 8: A COLLECTION OF ANCIENT AND MODEUN
Page 9 and 10: PREFACE. Our relations and intercou
Page 11 and 12: In some of our early poems, it must
Page 13: Vll ought to be a main object in al
Page 17: CONTENTS. Part II.—TALES. Page. P
Page 21 and 22: Part I.—BALLADS. ^tjStorical SIR
Page 23 and 24: ! ; They hoysed their sails on Mone
Page 25 and 26: And mony was the feather-bed. That
Page 27 and 28: Such are the historical events on w
Page 29 and 30: 11 " Go, little page, tell Hardyknu
Page 31 and 32: 13 And he has ridden owre muir and
Page 33 and 34: 15 Qiihen bows were bent, and darts
Page 35 and 36: 17 Norse enc lyke gvay goseliawk's
Page 37 and 38: 19 There on a He, quhair stands a c
Page 39 and 40: 21 " Low down In yon wee ostler hou
Page 41 and 42: m BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE. [To avenge
Page 43 and 44: ^5 exhausted state, but learning th
Page 45 and 46: 27 — ! — " Thither "wdll I come
Page 47 and 48: 29 ; ; The moon was clear, the clay
Page 49 and 50: 31 THE BATTLE 6F HARLAW. [The balla
Page 51 and 52: 33 Then halstylie h^ did command. T
Page 53 and 54: 35 With him the braif Lord Ogilvy,
Page 55 and 56: 37 ; ; This is (quod he) the richt
Page 57 and 58: S9 Thair was not sin King Keneth's
Page 59 and 60: 41 fires, ten thousand horsemen cou
Page 61 and 62: — — 43 face: But (said he) had
Page 63 and 64: 4fB — ! ; ^' Away, away, thou tra
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47 John wore a girdle about his mid
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49 THE BATTLE OF CORICHIE. fFor som
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m. ing, turned upon and pat hlin co
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53 Than they tuke his twa sons quic
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m It fell about the Martinmas, Quhe
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57 ; ; " Ye paid me weil my hire, l
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69 And mony were the mudle men Lay
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Gl of Bedford, and several border c
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63 Witli jack and speir, and bows a
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63 ; ; ! With ûn and genzie, bow a
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m DICK O^ THE COW. [The facts on wh
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69 Now Dickie's gane to tlie gude L
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It Wcis tlien the use of Pudcling-b
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73 — ! ; *' And when thou had ta'
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75 ** The shame speed the liars, my
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77 JOCK O" THE side: [Tradition is
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79 ; : : ! ; At the Cliolerford the
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*^' O 81 Jock ! sae winsomely's ye
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.83 HOBBIE NOBLE. [The hero of this
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85 : ; ; " I dare not with you Into
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87 There were heaps of men now Hobb
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THE BONxNIE EARL 0^ MURHAY, [In 159
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91 was lying on the ground wounded,
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93 THE YOUNG LAIRD OF OCHILTRIE. fT
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95 ; ! The Queen she trippet doun t
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97: FRENNET HA\ «^'V«^/%X
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— 99 above the other. Ail of ther
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¥01 '* -Kiiid nobles, Wîll ye but
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103 THE BATTLE OF KILLICRANKIE. %-v
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105 defiling through the pass of Ki
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107 ; ; ; ; O'er bush, o'er bank, o
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109 THE CHEVALIER^S MUSTER ROLL, 17
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Wigton's coming, Nithsdale's coming
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lis the enemy before us;" The Highl
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115 On horseback he briskly did cha
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117 Pitsligo and Qgilvie a', man. A
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119 Rob Roy stood watch On a hill,
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121 JV. Now how die]. Tarn, can thi
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123 fV. The Camerons scow'r'd as th
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125 When bra'ly they attack'd our l
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mr Mean time General Cope had march
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129 attack them, they immediateJy w
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131 ; ; : ; ! TItey turn'd their ba
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133 He made sic haste, sae spurr'd
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135 JOHNIE COPE. [The vapouring of
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137 Sir Johnie into Berwick rade^ J
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139 Part I. BALLADS. I0loma«ttc»
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141 ; ; : '' But, O my master dear
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143 '•^ Its surely to my bow'r-wo
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145 Now lie has drawn his trusty br
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14T ; ; ^^ Since nothing but Gil Mo
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149 " Your father'll shoe ypur fair
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151 ; ; *' And yours was gude, and
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153 He saw his young son in her arm
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155 " For in may come my seven baul
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157 The clinking bell gaed thro' th
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159 " But plait a wand o' bonny bir
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161 ; ; " Ye're come o' the rich, W
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163 He is on to Annie's bower. And
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165 ; ; '' Wear ye the rose o' love
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167 ** The day ye deal at Annie's b
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169 ; ; ; The Lammikin sair wroth^
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171 " O still my bairn, gude nourlc
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" There's bluld in my nursery. Ther
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175 '^ Now, Willie gif ye love me w
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17K " Deal hooly * wi* my head, mai
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179 GLENKINDIE. ['If we may trust t
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; ; ^' O mith I tell you, Gib, my m
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1S3 Glenkinclie's tane his harp in
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185 THE YOUNG JOHNSTONE. wv-v^-ww*
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18T And he's av/a to his lover's bo
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1S9 "'* What ailetli thee, now, dea
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" To lodge wi' tliee a' night, fair
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193 Up they looklt^ and down they l
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195 THE GYPSIE 1.ADDIE, ^The story
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197 Then she gied them the beer and
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199 LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNIE. [Fr
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! ; 201 ! ; ; She's ta'en her young
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— 203 And aye he turned him round
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205 THE CRUEL BROTHER. */%.%%'%^ %/
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207 Now when the wedding day was co
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209 " What will you leave your brot
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2U He keppit the ba' than wi' his f
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^13 Now Lady Maisry is gane hame. M
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216 ; ; And they liae sought her. L
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217 " O whare is a' my merry young
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219 ^'^ O 111 gar burn for yon, M^t
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^21 King Easter has courted her for
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^23 But when the time drew near an
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225' '^ O gin ye suld kill him. Pau
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297 prevailed from the most remote
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229 ; ; Says— " Carterhaugli it i
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— 231 And when she cam to Carterh
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^3S ; ; ; ^^ Then would I never tir
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! : 236 '^ They'll shape me in your
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— — 2m up then spake tlie queen
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239 ^^ When cockle shells turn silv
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m BONNY BARBARA ALLAN. ».«.«-«^
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243 FAIR HELEN. «^%%V%V«'%%%% - [
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245 O ! Helen brave ! but this I cr
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24T GILDEROY, [This beautiful lamen
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M9 ; : ; ; : ! Oh ] that he still h
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2H THE BRAES OF YARROW. TO LADY JAN
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263 Wash, O wash Ms wounds, his wou
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255 My happy sisters may be may be
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2m THE BRAES OF YARROW. [The subjec
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26^ '^ The tear shall never leave m
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261 : : ; His growth was like a you
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26$ ; ; — '' His swoi'cl shall so
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265 He laid him down beneath a bush
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267 . ; ; ; ; But yet his hand not
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269 ; ; ! " O, wee wee man, but tho
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2T1 " O proiTiIse me now. Clerk Col
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273 WILLIE AND MAY MARGARET. A FRAG
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275 - ^'^ I darena open the door to
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270 Part IL—TALES. PEBLIS TO THE
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; ; 281 At Beltane, * quhen ilk bod
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Lord ! ^83 sic ane schout was thame
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285 Ane young man start upon his fe
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2S7 Gang hame his gaites." '- Be Go
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289 And gif ye will gif me richt no
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291 the author of so excellent- a p
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29a GANTO I. WÊS nevir in Scotland
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295 Sa schcanlefully his schdrt gou
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297 Throw baith the cheikis he thoc
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Aiie cry'd Fy ! 299 he had slarie a
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301 The town-soutar in grief was bo
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ao3 And fresch men cam in and hail'
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Blyth to win aff sae wi* hale bane
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30T ; : The manly miller, haff and
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309 And ilka ane was unco blyth. To
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311 But naetliing wad gae down but
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313 CANTO III.''' Kow frae tli' cas
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Lay them en'lang his pow or shin, W
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M7 We, down to e'ening edge wi' eas
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319 He shook her, and sware " Muckl
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321 But there had been some ill-clo
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323 To the copy of this poem in the
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— ; The calvls and ky met in the
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'327 THE FREIRS OF BERWIK. [The dis
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329' ftiar is knocked over the stai
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331 But scho was smnthlng dynk,, an
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333 He governit all the haly abbasy
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33a For gif we war well, he had ben
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337. And with that wourd he gave an
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339 Than sat he doun, and kaist aba
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341 And tak part of sic gude as we
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In hablte blak, it was his kj^nd to
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345 : : ; With that Freyr Robert st
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347 This ground his corns, and that
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349 And beet the lewder youtlifu' f
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351 And first lie drew a circle rou
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sm ; : : ; Bessy by this began to s
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355 PART THE FIRST. Lithe and liste
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357 The Heire of Linne is full of g
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359 No chair, ne table he mote spye
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sen : ; " Away, away, tliou thriftl
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363 HALLOW FAIR. 'k'VV^'***-k*^****
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365 I wyt tliey are as protty hose
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367 Than the strong lion's hungry m
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Quo* she, *"' 369 I ferly unco saii
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371 " Come, hafe a care/' the Capta
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373 ; : ; ; : : Around, whare'er ye
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375 THE FARMER'S INGLE. *' Et muKo
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377 ; ; ; ; ; ; 'Twas this that bra
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$79 The crulzle too can only blink
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381 Hire-women ay the glowmin hail.
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3B3 But he's a slee and cunning low
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385 O royal tales gae brawly on. An
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38? After he's rals'cl a needless r
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This IS the houf of ane and a*. And
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SOI " As bairns blyth wha get the p
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393 ; ; O here are joys uninternip'
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