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Halliwell's Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, p. 261. “A version still popular in Scotland,” 1849.
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‘Ah where have you been, Lairde Rowlande, my son?Ah where have you been, Lairde Rowlande, my son?’
‘I've been in the wild woods; mither, mak my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi hunting, and faine would lie down.’
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‘Oh you've been at your true love's, Lairde Rowlande, my son!Oh you've been at your true-love's, Lairde Rowlande, my son!’
‘I've been at my true-love's; mither, mak my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi hunting, and faine would lie down.’
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‘What got you to dinner, Lairde Rowlande, my son?What got you to dinner, Lairde Rowlande, my son?’
‘I got eels boild in brue; mither, mak my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi hunting, and faine would lie down.’
4
‘What's become of your warden, Lairde Rowlande, my son?What's become of your warden, Lairde Rowlande, my son?’
‘He died in the muirlands; mither, mak my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi hunting, and faine would lie down.’
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‘What's become of your stag-hounds, Lairde Rowlande, my son?What's become of your stag-hounds, Lairde Rowlande, my son?’
‘They swelled and they died; mither, mak my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi hunting, and faine would lie down.’
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