And run awae wi Richie Storie?’

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‘Why should I be sick, sister,

O why should I be any sorrie,

When I hae gotten my heart’s delight?

I hae gotten the lot was laid afore me.’


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a. Sharpe’s Ballad Book, p. 95, 1823. b. Nimmo, Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale, p. 211, 1882.

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