He has mounted his auld gray mare,

And ridden oer both hills and mire,

Till he came to fair Carlisle town,

And askd for stabling to his mare.

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‘Harp on, harp on, thou silly blind harper,

‘Some of thy harping let us hear;’

‘By my sooth,’ says the silly blind harper,

‘I would rather hae stabling to my mare.’

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