And ay he harpit, and ay he carpit,

Till a’ the nobles were sound asleep;

Than quietly he took aff his shoon,

And safly down the stair did creep.

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Syne to the stable-door he hies,

Wi tread as light as light coud be,

And when he opned and gaed in,

There he fand thirty gude steads and three.

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