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Kinloch MSS, V, 323, in the handwriting of John Hill Burton.
1 Lord Ingram and Childe Viat
Were both bred in one ha;
They laid their luves on one ladye,
And frae her they could na fa.
2 Lord Ingram courted Ladye Maisery,
He courted her frae ha to bower;
And even sae did Childe Viat,
Amang the summer flowers.
3 Lord Ingram courted Ladye Maisery,
He courted her frae bower to ha;
And even sae did Childe Viat,
Among the sheets sae sma.
4 Lord Ingram bought her Ladye Maisery
The steed that paid him well;
She wads he were ayont the sea,
Gin she had her true love.
5 Lord Ingram bought her Lady Maisery
The knives hafted wi steel;
She wads they were in his heart's bluid,
Gin Childe Viat was weel.
6 Lord Ingram bought her Lady Maisery
The golden knobbed gloves;
She wads they were ayone the sea,
Gin she had her true love.
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