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JAMIE DOUGLAS—M
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Earl Douglas, than wham never knightHad valour moe ne courtesie,
Yet he's now blamet be a' the land
For lightlying o his gay lady.
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‘Go, little page, and tell your lord,Gin he will cum and dine wi me,
I'll set him on a seat of gold,
I'll serve him on my bended knee.’
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The little page gaed up the stair:‘Lord Douglas, dyne wi your lady;
She'll set ye on a seat of gold,
And serve ye on her bended knee.’
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‘When cockle-shells turn siller bells,When mussels grow on ilka tree,
When frost and snow sall warm us a',
Then I sall dyne wi my ladie.’
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‘Now wae betide ye, black Fastness,Ay and an ill dead met ye die!
Ye was the first and the foremost man
Wha parted my true lord and me.’
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