6

‘Rise up, John,’ she said, ‘and turn in yer kye,

For they’ll hae them to the Hielands, and you they’l defie.’

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‘Had your still, Catharine, and still yer young son,

For ye’ll get me out, but I’ll never cum in.’

8

‘If I had a man, as I hae na nane,

He wudna lye in his bed and see his kye tane.’

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