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THE BRAES O YARROW—O
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‘I dreamd a dreary dream last night,God keep us a' frae sorrow!
I dreamd I pu'd the birk sae green
Wi my true luve on Yarrow.’
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‘I'll read your dream, my sister dear,I'll tell you a' your sorrow;
You pu'd the birk wi your true luve,
He's killd, he's killd on Yarrow!’
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‘O gentle wind, that blaweth southTo where my love repaireth,
Convey a kiss from his dear mouth,
And tell me how he fareth!
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‘But oer yon glen run armed men,Have wrought me dule and sorrow;
They've slain, they've slain the comliest swain,
He bleeding lies on Yarrow.’
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