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.


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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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