The Warden look'd ower his left shoulder,

And said unto his stable groom—

"Gae take the silly blind Harper's mare,

And tie her beside my Wanton Brown."

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Then aye he harped, and aye he carped[[128]],

Till a' the lordlings footed the floor;

But an' the music was sae sweet,

The groom had nae mind of the stable door.

And aye he harped, and aye he carped,