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BONNIE JAMES CAMPBELL—A

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Herd's MSS, I, 40, II, 184.

1

O it's up in the Highlands,
and along the sweet Tay,
Did bonie James Campbell
ride monie a day.

2

Sadled and bridled,
and bonie rode he;
Hame came horse, hame came sadle,
but neer hame cam he.

3

And doun cam his sweet sisters,
greeting sae sair,
And down cam his bonie wife,
tearing her hair.

4

‘My house is unbigged,
my barn's unbeen,
My corn's unshorn,
my meadow grows green.’
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