He hath taken her by the left shoulder,

Says, Lady, where lyes thy dowry?

‘It’s up and it’s down by the bonny bank-side,

Amongst the planting of Airly.’

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They have sought it up, they have sought it down,

They have sought it both late and early,

And they have found it in the bonny plumb-tree

That shines on the bowling-green of Airly.

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