Herself upon another;
The thrush on the briar neer sang so clear
As she sang behind her Geordie.
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“Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 64, MS. of Thomas Wilkie, 1813–15, p. 50, Abbotsford. “I took this down from the recitation of Janet Scott, Bowden, who sung it to a beautiful plaintive old air.”
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There was a battle i the north
Among the nobles many,
The Laird of Gigh he’s killd a man,