To the house-end Richy brought his lady;
Her mother-in-law gart her kilt her coats,
And muck the byre wi Richy Story.
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“Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 76, Abbotsford.
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The Earl of Wigton has seven sisters,
And O but they be wondrous bonnie!
And the bonniest lass amang them a’