‘My maids all, be ready at a call,

.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

The rooms we the best all to be drest,

For the Lord of Aboyn is coming.’

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She did her to the closs to take him from his hors,

An she welcomed him fra London:

.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

‘Yer welcome, my gued lord, fra London!’

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