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Jamie Douglas
JAMIE DOUGLAS—K
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O waly, waly up the bank!And waly, waly doun the brae!
And waly by yon river-side,
Where me and my love were wont to gae!
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A gentleman, a friend of mine,Came to the toun me for to see,
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‘Come doun the stair, Jamie Douglas,Come doun the stair and drink wine wi me;
For a chair of gold I will set thee in,
And not one farthing it will cost thee.’
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‘When cockle-shells grow siller bells,And mussels grow on ilka tree,
When frost and snaw turns out fire-bombs,
Then I'll come doun and drink wine wi thee.’
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But when her father heard of this,O but an angry man was he!
And he sent four score of his ain regiment
To bring her hame to her ain countrie.
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O when she was set in her coach and six,And the saut tear was in her ee,
Saying, Fare you weel, my bonnie palace!
And fare ye weel, my children three!
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O when I came into Edinburgh toun,My loving father for to see,
The trumpets were sounding on every side,
But they were not music at all for me.
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‘O hold your tongue, my daughter dear,And of your folly I pray let be;
For a bill of divorcement I'll send him,
And a better lord I'll provide for thee.’
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‘O hold your tongue, my father dear,And of your folly I pray let be;
For if I had stayed in fair Orange Green,
I might have been his gay ladye.’
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