JOHNIE SCOT—P
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Motherwell's Note-Book, p. 11.
1
Johnie's up to England gone,
Three quarters of a year;
Johnie's up to England gone,
The king's banner to bear.
2
He hadna been in fair England
A month but only three,
The king he had but one dochter,
And she fell in love with he.
3
And word is up, and word is down,
And word is to the ha,
And word is to the king's court gane,
Amang the nobles a'.
4
Now word is to the king himsell,
On throne where he did sit,
That his ae dochter goes wi child
To John that little Scot.
