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When bells were rung an vespers sung,
An men in sleep were locked soun,
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Childe Branton and the waiting-maid
Into the bridal bed were laid.
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'O lie thee down, my fair ladie,
Here are a' things meet for thee;
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'Here's a bolster for yere head,
Here is sheets an comelie weids.'
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'Now tell to me, ye Billie Blin,
If this fair dame be a leal maiden.'
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'I wat she is as leal a wight
As the moon shines on in a simmer night.
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'I wat she is as leal a may
As the sun shines on in a simmer day.
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'But your bonnie bride's in her bower,
Dreeing the mither's trying hour.'