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a. Glenriddell MS. XI, 42, 1791; “from a MS. collection of Mr Henderson.” b. Johnson’s Museum, No 579, VI, 598, 1803, communicated by Burns, c. Scott’s Minstrelsy, 1802, I, 65.

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Heard ye eer of the silly blind harper,

That long livd in Lochmaben town,

How he wad gang to fair England,

To steal King Henry’s Wanton Brown?

Sing, Faden dilly and faden dilly

Sing, Faden dilly and deedle dan

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