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Sae loudly as they rappit at the yett,

Sae loudly as they callit,

‘Had ye onie strangers here last nicht,

That drank till the day was dawin?’

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F

a. Buchan’s Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 23. b. Christie’s Traditional Ballad Airs, I, 80.

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