A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc

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" Ye paid me weil my hire, lady.
Ye paid me weil my fee
But now I'm Edom o' Gordon's man.
Maun either do or die."
O then bespake her zoiingest son.
Sat on the nurse's knee,
*' Dear mother, gie owre zour house," he says,
*' For the reek it worries me."
" I winnae gie up my house, my dear.
To nae sik traitor as he
Cum weil, cum wae, my jewels fair.
Ye maun tak share wi' me."
O then bespake her dochter dear.
She was baith jimp and sma',
'* O row * me in a pair o' shiets.
And tow me owre the wa'."
They rowd her in a pair o' shiets.
And towd her owre the wa'.
But on the point of Edom's speir,
She gat a deadly fa*.
O bonny, bonny was hir mouth.
And chirry were hir cheiks.
And cleer, cleer was hir zellow hair.
Whereon tlie reid bluid dreips.
Then wi' his speir he turnd hir owre,
gin t hir face was wan !
He said, " Zou are the first that e'er
1 wist alive again."
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