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Geordie
GEORDIE—L
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And soon she came to the water broad,Nor boat nor barge was ready;
She turned her horse's head to the flood,
And swam through at Queensferry.
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But when she to the presence came,'Mang earls high and lordlie,
There hat on head sat every man,
While hat in hand stood Geordie.
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