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Lady Maisry; or, Warenston and the Duke of York's Daughter
THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS—E
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‘Hold your hands, ye justice o peace,Hold them a little while!
For yonder comes my father and mother,
That's travelld mony a mile.
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‘Gie me some o your gowd, parents,Some o your white monie,
To save me frae the head o yon hill,
Yon greenwood gallows-tree.’
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‘Ye'll get nane o our gowd, daughter,Nor nane o our white monie,
For we have travelld mony a mile,
This day to see you die.’
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‘Hold your hands, ye justice o peace,Hold them a little while!
For yonder comes him Warenston,
The father of my chile.
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‘Give me some o your gowd, Warenston,Some o your white monie,
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Yon greenwood gallows-tree.’
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‘I bade you nurse my bairn well,And nurse it carefullie,
And gowd shoud been your hire, Maisry,
And my body your fee.’
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He's taen out a purse o gowd,Another o white monie,
And he's tauld down ten thousand crowns,
Says, True-love, gang wi me.
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