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23 He sent for the false nurse,
to give her her fee;
All the fee that he gave her
was to hang her on a tree.
24 He sent for Lamerlinkin,
to give him his hire;
All the hire that he gave him
was to burn him in the fire.
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Maidment's New Book of Old Ballads, p. 73, No XX; Whitelaw's Book of Scottish Ballads, p. 246, No V: from a manuscript copy, in the possession of W. H. Logan, Edinburgh, derived from oral tradition.
1 Said the lord to his lady,
Beware of Rankin;
For I am going to England,
to wait on the king.
2 'No fears, no fears,'
said the lady, said she,
'For the doors shall be bolted,
and the windows pindee.
3 'Go bar all the windows,
both outside and in;
Don't leave a window open,
to let Bold Rankin in.'
4 She has barred all the windows,
both outside and in;
But she left one of them open,
to let Bold Rankin in.