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Queen Jeanie
THE DEATH OF QUEEN JANE—E
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Macmath MS., p. 68. “From my aunt, Miss Jane Webster, 1886-1887. She learned it at Airds of Kells, Kirkcud-brightshire, over fifty years ago, from the singing of James Smith.”
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‘Ye midwives and women-kind, do one thing for me;Send for my mother, to come and see me.’
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Her mother was sent for, who came speedilie:‘O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?’
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‘O mother, dear mother, do one thing for me;O send for King Henry, to come and see me.’
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King Henry was sent for, who came speedilie:‘O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?’
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‘King Henry, King Henry, do one thing for me;O send for a doctor, to come and see me.’
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The doctor was sent for, who came speedilie:‘O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?’
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‘O doctor, oh doctor, do one thing for me;Open my left side, and let my babe free.’
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He opened her left side, and then all was oer,And the best flower in England will flourish no more.
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