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Lord Maxwell's Goodnight
LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT—B
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‘Adiew, madam my mother dear,But and my sisters two!
Adiew, fair Robert of Oarchyardtoan!
For thee my heart is woe.
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‘Adiew, the lilly and the rose,The primrose, sweet to see!
Adiew, my lady and only joy!
For I manna stay with thee.
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‘Tho I have killed the laird Johnston,What care I for his feed?
My noble mind dis still incline;
He was my father's dead.
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‘Both night and day I laboured oftOf him revenged to be,
And now I've got what I long sought;
But I manna stay with thee.
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‘Adiew, Drumlanrig! false was ay,And Cloesburn! in a band,
Where the laird of Lagg fra my father fled
When the Johnston struck off his hand.
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‘They were three brethren in a band;Joy may they never see!
But now I've got what I long sought,
And I maunna stay with thee.
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‘Adiew, Dumfries, my proper place,But and Carlaverock fair,
Adiew, the castle of the Thrieve,
And all my buildings there!
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‘Adiew, Lochmaben's gates so fair,The Langholm shank, where birks they be!
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And, trust me, I maunna stay with thee.
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‘Adiew, fair Eskdale, up and down,Where my poor friends do dwell!
The bangisters will ding them down,
And will them sore compel.
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‘But I'll revenge that feed mysellWhen I come ou'r the sea;
Adiew, my lady and only joy!
For I maunna stay with thee.’
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‘Lord of the land, will you go thenUnto my father's place,
And walk into their gardens green,
And I will you embrace.
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‘Ten thousand times I'll kiss your face,And sport, and make you merry;’
‘I thank thee, my lady, for thy kindness,
But, trust me, I maunna stay with thee.’
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Then he took off a great gold ring,Where at hang signets three:
‘Hae, take thee that, my ain dear thing,
And still hae mind of me.
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‘But if thow marry another lordEre I come ou'r the sea —
Adiew, my lady and only joy!
For I maunna stay with thee.’
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The wind was fair, the ship was close,That good lord went away,
And most part of his friends were there,
To give him a fair convay.
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They drank thair wine, they did not spare,Even in the good lord's sight;
Now he is oer the floods so gray,
And Lord Maxwell has taen his good-night.
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