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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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TROOPER AND MAID—C

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Jamieson, Popular Ballads, II, 158, as often heard by him in Morayshire.

1

There cam a trooper frae the west,
And he's ridden till his deary;
‘It's open and lat me in,’ he says,
For I am wet and weary.’
[OMITTED]

2

‘O whan sall we be married, love?
O whan sall we be married?’
‘Whan heather-cows turn owsen-bows,
It's then that we'll be married.’

3

‘O whan sall we be married, love?
O when sall we be married?’
‘When cockle-shells turn siller bells,
It's then that we'll be married.’

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[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
‘Whan the sun and moon dance on the green,
It's then that we'll be married.’
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