He thocht that she was sleepin,

But when he drew the sma curtain by

Then he fell oot a weepin.

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‘O dear! is she dead? and a wow! is she dead?

Ah, woe’s me for our pairtin!

I rather had lost a’ the lands o Aboyne

Or I’d pairted wi Peggie Irvine.

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