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Glenriddell MSS, XI, 39, 1791; “from Dr Clapperton, of Lochmaben.”

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Hard ye tell of the silly blind harper?

Long he lived in Lochmaben town;

He’s away to fair Carlisle,

To steal King Henry’s Wanton Brown.

Sing, Fadle didle dodle didle

Sing, Fadle didle fadle doo

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