3 'O far's the laird o this place?
O neerice, tell me:'
'He's on the sea sailin,
O Lamkin,' said she.
4 'O far's the lady o this place?
neerice, tell me:'
'She's up the stair dressin,
O Lamkin,' said she.
5 'O far's the bairns o this place?
neerice, tell me:'
'The're at the scheel...
O Lamkin,' said she.
'O will I get a word o her,
neerice?' said he.
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6 The first step that lady steppet
she steppd on a stone;
The next step that lady stept
she met wi Lamkin.
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7 Ere the basin was washen,
or haf made clean,
The ladie's heart-bleed
was rinnin in the reem.
O
Kinloch MSS, V, 375, from Mrs Forbes, Milne's Court, Edinburgh, in the handwriting of Robert Chambers.
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