‘Get yer horse in call, my nobles all,

And I’m sorry for yer coming,

But we’ll horse, and awa to the bonny Bog o Gight,

And then we’ll go on to London.’

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‘If this be Thomas, as they call you,

You’ll see if he’ll hae me with him;

And nothing shall he be troubled with me

But myself and my waiting-woman.’

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