‘A’ my friends did me disdain
For marryin the name o Irvine.’
The first stanza is also given thus (p. 121):
The Earl of Aboyne he’s courtous an kin,
He’s kin to every woman;
He’s kind when he comes, an he’s kind when he gangs,
But he never brings his lady to London.
From Miss Butchart, Arbroath, p. 146.
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The Earl o Aboyne’s to London gane,