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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, fifth edition, 1812, II, 427; taken down from the recitation of Walter Grieve by William Laidlaw.

1

‘O where have you been, my long, long love,

This long seven years and mair?’

‘O I’m come to seek my former vows

Ye granted me before.’

2

‘O hold your tongue of your former vows,