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Skene MS., p. 16; taken down in the North of Scotland, 1802-1803.
1 Lord Ingram and Gil Viett
Were baith born in ae ha;
They laid their love on ae lady,
An fate they coud na fa.
2 Lord Ingram and Gil Viett
Were baith laid in ae wame;
They laid their love on ae lady,
The greater was their shame.
3 Lord Ingram wood her Lady Masery
Frae father and frae mither;
Gill Viett wood her Lady Masery
Frae sister and frae brither.
4 Lord Ingram courted her Lady Masery
Among the company a';
Gill Viett he wood her Lady Masery
Among the sheets so sma.
5 'Get up, my daughter dear,
Put on your bridal gown;
This day's your bridal day
Wi Lord Ingram.'
6 'How can I get up,
An put on my bridal gown,
Or how marry the ae brither,
An the tither's babe in my womb?'
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7 'O laugh you at mysell, brither,
Or at my companie?
Or laugh ye at my bonnie bride,
She wad na laugh at thee?'