3
And whan our seven years wark was done,
We laid it out upo the green.
4
We coost the lotties us amang,
Wha wad to the greenwood gang,
5
To pu the lily but and the rose,
To strew witha' our sisters' bowers.
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... I was youngest,
... my weer was hardest.
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And to the greenwood I bud gae,
. . . . . . .
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There I met a handsome childe,
. . . . . . .
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High-coled stockings and laigh-coled shoon,
He bore him like a king's son.
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An was I weel, or was I wae,
He keepit me a' the simmer day.
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An though I for my hame-gaun sich[t],
He keepit me a' the simmer night.
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He gae to me a gay gold ring,
And bade me keep it aboon a' thing.