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'Have ye asked my sister Ann?
Or have ye asked my brother John?'
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'I have asked yer father dear,
And I have asked yer mother dear.
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'I have asked yer sister Ann,
But I've quite forgot your brother John.'
9
Her father dear led her thro them a',
Her mother dear led her thro the ha.
10
Her sister Ann led her thro the closs,
And her brother John stabbed her on her horse.
11
'Ride up, ride up,' says the foremost man,
'I think our bride looks pale and wan.'
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'Ride up,' cries the bonny bridegroom,
'I think the bride be bleeding.'
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'This is the bludy month of May,
Me and my horse bleeds night and day.
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'O an I were at yon green hill,
I wad ly down and bleed a while.
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'O gin I was at yon red cross,
I wad light down and corn my horse.