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Herd’s MSS, I, 40, II, 184.

1

O it’s up in the Highlands,

and along the sweet Tay,

Did bonie James Campbell

ride monie a day.

2

Sadled and bridled,

and bonie rode he;

Hame came horse, hame came sadle,

but neer hame cam he.

3

And doun cam his sweet sisters,

greeting sae sair,

And down cam his bonie wife,

tearing her hair.

4

‘My house is unbigged,

my barn’s unbeen,

My corn’s unshorn,

my meadow grows green.’

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