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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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Sir Patrick Spens

SIR PATRICK SPENS—O

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Gibb MS., p. 63.

1

Bonny were the feather beds
Cam sailin ower the faem,
But bonnier was the sixteen lords
Gaed out and neer cam hame.

2

Lang, lang may the nourice sit,
Wi the bonny babe on her knee,
Ere ever she see her good lord come,
To pay to her her fee.

3

An lang, lang will the lady sit,
Wi the gowd fan in her hand,
Ere ever she see her ain gude lord
Come skipping to dry land.