157 ff., 499 ff. “Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 22 g, in the handwriting of William Laidlaw.

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‘Where ha ye been, Lord Randal, my son?’

‘I been at the huntin, mother, mak my bed soon;

I’m weariet wi huntin, I fain wad lie down.’

2

‘What gat ye to yer supper, Lord Randal, my son?’

‘An eel boild i broo, mother, mak my bed soon;

I’m,’ etc.

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