But a deid man drowned in Yarrow.’
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An aye she screighed, and cried Alas!
Till her heart did break wi sorrow,
An sank into her faither’s arms,
Mang the dowie dens o Yarrow.
M
In the handwriting of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd (later than E a). “Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 11 a, Abbotsford.
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