Mony ane hailed that gay lady,
But few hailed Richard Storry.
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a. “Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 65, MS. of Thomas Wilkie, 1813–15, p. 53, from the singing or recitation of Miss Euphemia Hislope. b. Campbell MSS, II, 116.
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There are three white hens i the green, madam,
There are three white hens i the green, madam,
But Richie Story he’s comd by,
And he’s stollen away the fairest of them.