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A COLLECTION OF ANCIENT AND MODEUN TALES, AND SONGS: WITH Cjê.M. s-a EXPLANATORY NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS, BY JOHN GILCHRIST.' IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. EDINBURGH; PniNTED FOB, WILLIAM BLACKWOOD: AKD BALDWIN, CRADOCK, ^ JOY, PATERKOSTER-BOW^, LONDON. 1815. \^0F SCOTLAND ^]
Page 1 and 2: 1 ^.. ->>> fe w ?^- * p^ .^'-l i^'
Page 3: THE GLEN COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH MUS
Page 8 and 9: Gilchrist & Heriot, Printers, Leitl
Page 10 and 11: IV pathos, and descriptive beauty o
Page 12 and 13: VI and give a faithful picture of t
Page 15 and 16: CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST. Part I.
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
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S9 Thair was not sin King Keneth's
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41 fires, ten thousand horsemen cou
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— — 43 face: But (said he) had
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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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