‘Cumbernauld is mine, Annie,

Cumbernauld is mine, Annie;

And a’ that’s mine, it shall be thine,

As we sit at the wine, Annie.’


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a. Kinloch MSS, I, 203, from Alexander Kinnear, of Stonehaven. b. Gibb MS., p. 77, from Mrs Gibb, senior. c. Murison MS., p. 82. d. Christie’s Traditional Ballad Airs, I, 72, from the recitation of a native of Buchan. e. Kinloch MSS, VII, 263 (a fragment). f. Buchan’s MSS, I, 87.

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There were five ladies lived in a bouer,

Lived in a bouer at Cumbernaldie;