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‘She was rantin, and dancin, and singin for joy,

And vowin that nicht she woud feest Inverey.

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‘She eat wi him, drank wi him, welcomd him in,

Was kind to the man that had slayn her baronne.’

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Up spake the son on the nourice’s knee,

‘Gin I live to be a man, revenged I’ll be.’

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