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‘And now’s the time, at Hallowmess,

Late on the morrow’s even,

And if ye miss me then, Janet,

I’m lost for yearis seven.’


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‘Tamlane,’ “Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 96 a; in the handwriting of John Leyden.

‘Gowd rings I can buy, Thomas,

Green mantles I can spin,