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THE MAID AND THE PALMER—B
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A Ballad Book, by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, edited by David Laing, p. 157 f, vii; from Sir W. Scott's recollection.
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‘Seven years ye shall be a stone,[OMITTED]
For many a poor palmer to rest him upon.
And you the fair maiden of Gowden-gane
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‘Seven years ye'll be porter of hell,And then I'll take you to mysell.’
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‘Weel may I be a' the other three,But porter of hell I never will be.’
And I, etc.
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