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Was she maiden or was she nane,
To the gowden chair she drew right soon.
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Was she leman or was she maiden,
She sat down ere she was bidden.
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Out then spake the lord's mother;
Says, 'This is not a maiden fair.
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'In that chair nae leal maiden
Eer sits down till they be bidden.'
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The Billie Blin then outspake he,
As he stood by the fair ladie.
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'The bonnie may is tired wi riding,
Gaurd her sit down ere she was bidden.'
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But on her waiting-maid she ca'd:
'Fair ladie, what 's your will wi me?'
'O ye maun gie yere maidenheid
This night to an unco lord for me.'
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'I hae been east, I hae been west,
I hae been far beyond the sea,
But ay, by grenewode or by bower,
I hae keepit my virginitie.
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'But will it for my ladie plead,
I'll gie 't this night to an unco lord.'