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Campbell MSS, II, 335.
1 Lord Johnnie's up to England gane,
Three quarters of an year;
Lord Johnnie's up to England gone,
The king's banner to bear.
2 He had not been in fair England,
Three quarters he was not,
Till the king's eldest daughter
Goes with child to Lord Johnnie Scott.
3 Word has to the kitchen gone,
And word's gone to the hall,
And word's gone to the high, high room,
Among the nobles all.
4 And word has gaen to the king himsel,
In his chamber where he sat,
That his eldest daughter goes wi child
To good Lord Johnnie Scott.
5 'Gin that be true,' the king replied,
'As I suppose it be,
I'll put her in a prison strong,
And starve her till she die.'
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6 'O where will I get a little page,
That will win baith hose and shoon,
And run into fair Scotland,
And tell my love to come?'
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