He hath taken her by the middle so small,

And O but she lookd weary!

He hath laid her down by the bonny burn-side

Till he hath plunderd the bonny house of Airly.

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‘If my good lord were at home this night,

As he is with Prince Charly,

Nouther you nor no Scottish lord

Durst have set a foot on the bowling-green of Airly.

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