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HUGHIE GRAME—F
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Macmath MS., p. 79. “Received by me 20th August and 7th September, 1887, from my aunt, Miss Jane Webster, who derived it from her mother, Janet Spark, Kirkcudbrightshire.”
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‘Ye may tell to my wife Maggie,When that she comes to the fair,
She was the cause of all my ruin,
It was her that stole the bishop's mare.
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‘Ye may tell to my wife Maggie,When that she comes to the town,
She was the cause of all my ruin,
It was her that stole the bishop's gown.’
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