‘I hae rade east, I hae rade wast,
And I hae rade owr the knowes,
But the bonniest lassie that I ever saw
Was in the yowe-buchts, milkand her yowes.’
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She put the pail upon her heid,
And she’s gane merrilie hame,
And a’ that her faither said or did
Was, Kind dochter, ye’ve taiglit lang.
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