Adieu! my ladye, and only joy,

For I may not stay wi' thee."

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"Lord of the land!"—that ladye said,

"O wad ye go wi' me,

Unto my brother's stately tower,

Where safest ye may be!

There Hamiltons and Douglas baith,

Shall rise to succour thee."

"Thanks for thy kindness, fair my dame,