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YOUNG HUNTING—G
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She has calld to her her bower-maidens,She has calld them one by one:
‘There is a dead man in my bower,
I wish that he was gone.’
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They have booted him, and spurred him,As he was wont to ride,
A hunting-horn around his waist,
A sharp sword by his side.
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Then up and spake a bonie bird,That sat upon the tree:
‘What hae ye done wi Earl Richard?
Ye was his gay lady.’
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‘Cum down, cum down, my bonie bird,Cum sit upon my hand;
And ye sall hae a cage o the gowd,
Where ye hae but the wand.’
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‘Awa, awa, ye ill woman,Nae ill woman for me;
What ye hae done to Earl Richard,
Sae wad ye do to mee.’
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‘O there's a bird intill your bowirThat sings sae sad and sweet;
O there's a bird intill your bour
Kept me frae my nicht's sleep.’
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And she sware by the grass sae greene,Sae did she by the corn,
That she had not seen Earl Richard
Sen yesterday at morn.
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