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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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REDESDALE AND WISE WILLIAM—C

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Kinloch MSS, V, 423.

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Redesdale and Clerk William
Sat drinking at the wine;
They hae fawn a wagering them atween
At a wanhappy time.

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‘What will ye wad,’ says Redesdale,
‘O what will ye wad wi me
That there's na a lady in a' the land
But I wad win wi ae blink o my ee?’