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It fell ance upon a time
She was ca’ing hame her kye,
There came a troop o merry gentlemen,
And they wyled the bonny lassie by.
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But one o them spake as he rode past,
Says, Who owes the bairn ye are wi?
A little she spake, but thought wi hersell,
‘Perhaps to ane as gude as thee.’