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BESIDE THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH

By IAN MACLAREN

TO MY WIFE

'There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kail-yard,
And white are the blossoms on't in our kail-yard.'

CONTENTS

I. DOMSIE.

1. A LAD O' PAIRTS,
2. HOW WE CARRIED THE NEWS TO WHINNIE KNOWE